The Amazon’s bullet ant may be tiny, but this little insect has the most painful sting in the world. At just 1.2 inches long, the bullet ant doesn’t look like that dangerous of an insect.

Nature showcases diverse defense mechanisms among animals, some delivering exceptionally painful bites and stings. Creatures ...

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Bullet and greenhead ants produce toxins they inject with every sting, which prolong nerve signals to the brain and lead to trembling, uncontrollable and long-lasting pain in mammals. When you ...

The work, for which Dr Schmidt was stung over a thousand times by ants, bees and wasps, was published in the book 'The Sting of the Wild' in 2016. Bullet ant- 'Pure, intense, brilliant pain.

University of Queensland researchers have shown for the first time that some of the world’s most painful ant stings target nerves, like snake and scorpion venom. Dr Sam Robinson and colleagues at UQ’s ...