<p>This site, true to it's insectophobia, has routinely and sufficiently demonstrated&nbsp;<a href="http://www.badassoftheweek.com/beetle.html" target="blank">the evils of bugs</a>&nbsp;in many of its writings. However, I think it's about time to show the viewing public something truly unprecedented and awe-inspiring - human bravery in the face of diabolical insects. But first we must become acquainted with the main antagonist:&nbsp;<em>Paraponera Clavata</em>.</p>
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<p>Otherwise known as the Bullet Ant, this little spawn of Satan has that name for a very goddamned good reason:&nbsp; its venom is a deadly neurotoxin that causes violent and ungodly pain (like a bullet - get it?) for over 24 hours.&nbsp; According to the long-winded research paper of some old and crusty entomologist who I am just quoting for jollies and to compensate for my child-like intellect,&nbsp;<em>additional</em>&nbsp;symptoms of a Bullet Ant sting may also include "systemic manifestations [such] as fever, trembling, cold sweating, nausea, vomiting, lymphadenopathy and cardiac arrhythmias."&nbsp; Did I mention it fucking hurts?&nbsp; Well apparently there is an objective measure of pain caused by insect stings called the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index" target="blank">Schmidt Pain Index</a>, and the Bullet Ant's sting is rated as the most painful&nbsp;<em>among all known insects</em>.</p>
<p>They're also huge fucking ants. Scary.</p>
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<p align="center"><img src="http://www.badassoftheweek.com/satere2.jpg" alt="" vspace="8" /><br />A huge fucking ant.</p>
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<p>Deadly neurotoxin, voracious appetite, and unimaginable size, the Bullet Ant is not one to be fucked with lightly. I suppose&nbsp;<a href="http://www.badassoftheweek.com/australia.html" target="blank">pure, overwhelming evil</a>isn't limited to one continent. I mean seriously, what - or who - could possibly stand before the apocalyptic wrath of&nbsp;<em>Paraponera Clavata</em>?</p>
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<p>These guys. That's fucking who.&nbsp; The Sater&eacute;-Maw&eacute; are a small, indigenous Amazonian tribe who look certain death in the eye and stand their ground, whereas even the most cutthroat of pagan warlords would certainly turn tail and pee themselves like a little weak-wristed mongrel.</p>
<p>These bold fools use Bullet Ants as integral parts of their particular manhood rituals.&nbsp; The village shaman will collect a hive's worth of the ant-demons and drug them unconscious.&nbsp; He then weaves the ants into a bunch of wicker gloves so that their stingers and mandibles protrude out of every angle.&nbsp; Then the death ritual begins.</p>
<p>All boys who wish to ascend to manhood must WEAR THESE GLOVES with angry, venom-laced hell-bugs for over 30 minutes.&nbsp; They must endure the white-hot pain without showing any signs of discomfort, or they will have to start the ritual over from the beginning.&nbsp; Once the ritual is over, many times the hands and limbs of the prospective men violently spasm for days after the ceremony.</p>
<p>And then they have to do it 24 more times.&nbsp; Yes, that's right.&nbsp; In order to fully ascend to the highest rank of the tribal hierarchy (Level +10 neutral evil warlock), Sater&eacute;-Maw&eacute; adolescent males have to brave this immeasurable agony at least 25 times.&nbsp; And you thought&nbsp;<a href="http://www.badassoftheweek.com/atreides.html" target="blank">Paul Atreides</a>&nbsp;was badass for sticking his hand in that weird-ass Bene Gesserit pain machine, or whatever those fucking crazy bald-headed women call it.&nbsp; Fuck that.&nbsp; He didn't have eight tons of ridiculously powerful ant venom coursing through his veins, and he only had to do it once.&nbsp; The Sater&eacute;-Maw&eacute; totally pwn everyone in the arena of pain endurance, and the sooner we come to our senses and admit this truth, the better off we'll be.&nbsp; God, the Sater&eacute;-Maw&eacute; are totally badass.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-small;">Links:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.badassoftheweek.com/satere.pdf">PDF File about The Sater&eacute; Maw&eacute; and Bullet Ants</a></p>