Ew, Spiders!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

Safari / army ants are a tropical phenomenon in many tropical forests. In SA they fan out over the forest floor killing everything that doesn't move fast enough. A whole set of bird species follow the ant swarms and eat whatever they stir up.

But the local people in Central America dont worry about them as much as they do Paraponera ants. You can look out for the swarm and avoid it. But Paraponera ants are all over the vegetation and they fall on you. They are 1 inch long and have a sting that is said to feel like being shot with a .22 . They call them Bullet Ants. The pain is excruciating and can cause temporary paralysis.

I remember walking a trail in Costa Rica where the guide showed us a hollow tree with the ants coming out of it. He tapped the trunk and you could hear the thing humming with ants- which came boiling out!!!

For those in the south= picture Fire Ants an inch long. They hurt briefly and itch later. Bullet ants dont stop the initial hurt for at least a day.

WC

(lets talk scorpions next!!)

Yeah, when I first heard about them I hoped those awful thing wouldn't end up in the states like another South AMerican import the Killer Bee.
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