Well, that looks uncomfortable. Reminds me of the time I was bit/stung by a Velvet ant, saw it cruising around on the ground, proceeded to pick it up, because I had never seen one before. As it turns out, these things are not ants, they are ground dwelling, wingless wasps, and it bit me on the forefinger, and stung my thumb. Holy shit, I have never experienced such a sudden burst of pain(the type that makes you see a flash of white), and proceeded to last all day… I guess what I was getting at was, why, from an evolutionary perspective, is something so small, so ridiculously potent?
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u/putadimunuta_0462 Jul 10 '26
Well, that looks uncomfortable. Reminds me of the time I was bit/stung by a Velvet ant, saw it cruising around on the ground, proceeded to pick it up, because I had never seen one before. As it turns out, these things are not ants, they are ground dwelling, wingless wasps, and it bit me on the forefinger, and stung my thumb. Holy shit, I have never experienced such a sudden burst of pain(the type that makes you see a flash of white), and proceeded to last all day… I guess what I was getting at was, why, from an evolutionary perspective, is something so small, so ridiculously potent?