The Wasp With a Sting That Makes You Scream 📜Video Overview: The tarantula hawk wasp is infamous for delivering one of the most painful stings in the insect world. Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt, creator of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, described it as “blinding, fierce, shockingly electric.” He even advised that if you get stung, the best thing to do is simply “lie down and scream,” because the pain is so sudden and intense that moving could cause more harm. Thankfully, the unbearable agony la

Tarantula hawks are a breed of spider wasps who stalk tarantulas, with the goal of laying their eggs inside of them. Their sting is the second most painful in the world, followed only by the bullet ant. So it makes perfect sense that the cinematographer of our new documentary 'The Pray' (named after one of its subjects, the praying mantis) would voluntarily have a close encounter with one, right? An uncensored look at the glamorous life of a filmmaker! 'The Pray' is now streaming at http://bit.l

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