The bullet ant delivers the world's most painful insect sting. Its venom contains poneratoxin, a powerful neurotoxin. Amazon's Satere-Mawe tribe uses bullet ant stings in rituals. Did our AI summary ...

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If you're ever stung by this insect, it's likely you will never forget it. According to the experts, it has the most painful sting in the world.

Some ants employ powerful neurotoxins to deliver painful stings to mammals. You don’t want to be bitten by a South American bullet ant — one bite can cause intense pain and uncontrollable trembling ...

For the record, ant bites aren’t as common as you might think. “All ants can bite but they rarely do unless harassed,” says Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Ph.D., associate director of community & urban ...