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Bullet ants used as an initiation ceremony |
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Minor Worker Ant Posts: 90 05/23/2005 1:37 PM
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Last week on ITV in the UK there was a programme called Jungle. They showed an initiation ceremony of the American Indians in the Amazon. They show 200 bullet ants into a glove and boys have to wear in for 10 minutes and bear the pain. They said that they are have affected for days after.
Did anyone see this programme ? I think it will show in the US soon. |
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antdude |
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Posts: 17018 05/23/2005 2:13 PM
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davidhant: I didn't see this, but I did read about something similiar with natives for pain tests/rituals. I think it was with army ants species. Also, I heard army ants or some other species used to close up big scars due to tight mandibles.
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Vendayn |
I saw it | #2 | ||
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Henchant Posts: 1539 05/23/2005 4:05 PM
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ya, I saw part of that show...sounds very painful
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Locutus |
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Posts: 140 05/23/2005 4:10 PM
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I've heard that some autochtones have very interesting way of punishing disloyal wifes - they bound them to some Acacia species inhabited by Pseudomyrmex ferruginea and leave them for few hours... Wifes have really a lot of luck if they survive this kind of punishment...
Regards LOKI |
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Paradyme |
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Posts: 311 05/23/2005 9:35 PM
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[Ouch]... 200 bullet ants in a glove worn for 10 minutes? I don't know if what I've been reading is all hype and exaggeration, but if it's not, that has to be torture.
[Sorry antdude =/] - Paradyme |
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Vendayn |
ya | #5 | ||
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Henchant Posts: 1539 05/24/2005 3:38 PM
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ya, I think its real...I watched the show on it, they are in a LOT of pain..some die from it
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Vendayn |
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Henchant Posts: 1539 05/25/2005 7:17 AM
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Oh ya, I forgot to add
They do this 20 times, for 10minutes. 20 times and then they are done. |
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antdude |
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Posts: 17018 06/11/2007 11:56 AM
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Probably the same clip or idea:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcsXDtIaTak "Still we live meanly, like ants;... like pygmies we fight with cranes;... Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify... simplify..." --Henry Thoreau /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (aka AntDude), Your Host & Fearless Overlord| |o o| | \ _ / The Ant Farm, Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL), and this forum. ( ) |
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Posts: 17018 01/19/2008 6:41 PM
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