Bullet Ant Venom
Bullet ants (Paraponera clavata) have the most intense sting of any insect -- but what makes it so painful? Dr. Corrie Moreau walks us through how she extracts their venom to learn more about...
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- So the other group of ants [Dr. Corrie Moreau, curator/ants] that we have today are bullet ants. [Dr. Corrie Moreau, curator/ants] - Why are they called bullet ants? [Bullet ant, Paraponera clavata] - Well, they're called bullet ants [Bullet ant, Paraponera clavata] because their sting is so painful [* causing excruciating pain, numbness & trembling] it feels like you were shot by a gun. [* causing excruciating pain, numbness & trembling] - And you've experienced this firsthand? - I have, just once, I'd like to keep it that way. And so you can see they're actually quite tremendous ants, I mean, they're really foreboding, [* worker bullet ants are 18–30 mm long] they're crazy big and they're cool. [* worker bullet a...
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- So the other group of ants [Dr. Corrie Moreau, curator/ants] that we have today are bullet ants. [Dr. Corrie Moreau, curator/ants] - Why are they called bullet ants? [Bullet ant, Paraponera clavata] - Well, they're called bullet ants [Bullet ant, Paraponera clavata] because their sting is so painful [* causing excruciating pain, numbness & trembling] it feels like you were shot by a gun. [* causing excruciating pain, numbness & trembling] - And you've experienced this firsthand? - I have, just once, I'd like to keep it that way. And so you can see they're actually quite tremendous ants, I mean, they're really foreboding, [* worker bullet ants are 18–30 mm long] they're crazy big and they're cool. [* worker bullet a...
