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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-11-07 03:11 AM
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Watch a pair of fools deliberately get bit by bullet ants.
Really, that's all I need to say.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oroEre9T4Fs
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-11-07 04:02 AM
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1. The most concentrated dose of Formic Acid known
Yeah, that looks like a good idea
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-11-07 07:29 AM
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2. Darwin award
ouch

CB
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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-11-07 07:36 AM
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3. I just don't get those guys
I've tried to watch Jackass, and it just makes no sense to me. :shrug:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-11-07 08:27 AM
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4. check this out from wikipedia
"Bullet ants are used by some indigenous people in their initiation rites to manhood (Bequaert, 1926). The ants are first knocked out by drowning them in a natural chloroform, and then hundreds of them are woven into sleeves made out of leaves, stinger facing inward. When the ants come to, boys slip the sleeve down onto their arm. The goal of this initiation rite is to keep the sleeve on for a full ten minutes. When finished, the boys' arms are temporarily paralyzed because of the venom, and they may shake uncontrollably for days. The only "protection" provided is a coating of charcoal on the hands, supposedly to confuse the ants and inhibit their stinging. To fully complete the initiation, however, the boys must go through the ordeal a total of 20 times over the course of several months or even years."

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