Food Interesting Facts - The Sateré-Mawé tribe of Brazil follow a ritual in which a person is made to wear bullet ant woven gloves in order to become a warrior. The ants
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When Becoming a Man Means Sticking Your Hand Into a Glove of Ants | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
![Bullet ants, native to Central and South America, have one of the most painful stings in the world. Their stings produce waves of agony that last 12 to 24 hours. The Indigenous Bullet ants, native to Central and South America, have one of the most painful stings in the world. Their stings produce waves of agony that last 12 to 24 hours. The Indigenous](https://i.redd.it/zu6v4cvni1b71.jpg)
Bullet ants, native to Central and South America, have one of the most painful stings in the world. Their stings produce waves of agony that last 12 to 24 hours. The Indigenous
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Pain Gains: What an Amazonian ritual can teach us about dealing with suffering | by Marcus Macgregor | Medium
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![Joseph Lee Spencer on X: "On Schmidt's pain scale, the bullet ant (#Paraponera clavata) sting rates a 4 – the most painful. Astoundingly, the manhood rites of one indigenous Brazilian group require Joseph Lee Spencer on X: "On Schmidt's pain scale, the bullet ant (#Paraponera clavata) sting rates a 4 – the most painful. Astoundingly, the manhood rites of one indigenous Brazilian group require](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMeIXhJXwAE-1j0.jpg:large)
Joseph Lee Spencer on X: "On Schmidt's pain scale, the bullet ant (#Paraponera clavata) sting rates a 4 – the most painful. Astoundingly, the manhood rites of one indigenous Brazilian group require
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Pain Gains: What an Amazonian ritual can teach us about dealing with suffering | by Marcus Macgregor | Medium
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When Becoming a Man Means Sticking Your Hand Into a Glove of Ants | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
![The Painful Rite of Passage of the Satere-Mawe Tribe of Brazil | by Belinda Mallasasime | The Story in History | Medium The Painful Rite of Passage of the Satere-Mawe Tribe of Brazil | by Belinda Mallasasime | The Story in History | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:612/1*2-KkB-cHp_rxqhQSR5gvGw.jpeg)
The Painful Rite of Passage of the Satere-Mawe Tribe of Brazil | by Belinda Mallasasime | The Story in History | Medium
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Pain Gains: What an Amazonian ritual can teach us about dealing with suffering | by Marcus Macgregor | Medium
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