- [Coyote] Okay I'm gonna have to do this quick.
And that is about as good a hold as I am going to get.
- [Man] Oh I can see the stinger.
- Wow, look at that stinger.
(dramatic music)
(sighs)
I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter the sting zone
with the warrior wasp.
Here we go.
One,
two,
three.
(dramatic music)
(yelling)
- [Man] You're turning red already.
(yelling)
Talk to me, what are you feelin'?
- Oh man.
Oh man, yep, oh it's bad.
Oh man it's gettin' a lot worse.
- Is it? - Really quickly.
So far not as bad as the bullet ant though.
(yelling)
Nope, nope, nope, hold on.
(yelling)
It's a sharp shooting pain.
There's the sting zone right there.
See that, oh my gosh man, my arm is swellin' up
really, really quickly.
(yelling)
Hold on, back to the table, back to the table.
Okay so what is happening right now
is the venom is getting into my bloodstream, right?
And what's happening is it is breaking down
the membranes around my blood cells.
And it's causing them to scatter.
Now there's cells in there that are neurons, right?
Those neurons are sending messages to my brain
that are screaming, "Pain, pain, pain."
And trust me when I say there's massive amounts
of pain goin' through my arm right now.
Initial onset is not as bad as the bullet ant.
But it's an electrical shock similar to that
of the tarantula hawk.
(breathing heavily)
Hold on, let me compose myself here for a second.
(yelling)
Oh my gosh the pain is actually getting worse
as time goes on.
And I don't know if that's actually the venom taking hold
or that's just the neurons firing to my brain saying,
"You are in a lot of pain right now Coyote."
Hold on guys, give me a second.
(yelling)
You see the red?
- You seem more squirmy. (yelling)
Like you can't sit still.
- This is more of a continuous sting
than the bullet ant was.
This keeps firing.
This just keep firing.
Cut this GoPro.
(yelling)
(upbeat jungle music) (airplane flying)
- [Man] Alright Coyote, it's time for the aftermath.
The warrior wasp after sting special.
- Yeah, you know it's interesting between
when we stopped filming and now,
'cause we took a little bit of a water break
after we wrapped the episode.
Look at this dark spot in my vein.
Do you see that?
It's almost like a broken blood vessel
or something like that.
And you can see just how red the sting zone is.
It's interesting, my forearm reacts
in a very similar way to every sting that I take.
But this one specifically does still feel
like pins and needles coursing
through my forearm. - You actually
turn your arm, you can see where
it crests out. - Yeah, oh yeah.
It's almost like you can feel it right there.
It feels like a golf ball under there.
- Yeah, it's like a goose egg,
like if you hit your head real hard.
- Yeah.
- So you're impressed.
- Yeah, no I am definitely impressed.
It wasn't quite the theatrics of the bullet ant.
But to be honest with you guys,
it was painful but not as bad as I expected.
And I think at this point we do know
that the bullet ant is the king of sting.
It holds strong on it's throne and that's totally cool,
totally respect that.
But what we wanna do now is actually apply
a little relief to my arm
'cause it is really hot and really stinging
and you guys know we always use Sting Kill.
So let's see how Sting Kill works up against
the sting of a warrior wasp.
Will this help with the burning?
Works against bullet ants and yellow jackets
so I'm gonna go ahead and wager
that this is gonna feel great.
Let's see here.
Oh there it is.
The green (scoffs)
now that'll wake you up.
Benzocaine and menthol.
My two favorite things.
Oh yeah.
That's nice.
You know what guys?
Sting Kill is in my adventure pack
and in an instance like this,
I'm going to apply it because we do have a very long hike
out of the rainforest back to our jungle camp.
And I just wanna make sure that my body is reacting well
to the venom.
And back to the actual sting of the warrior wasp.
It is very different than any
of the other stings I've taken.
And it does feel like the venom is continuing to work
and trigger my neurons to say, "Oh sharp pain."
And then a couple seconds later, "Oh sharp pain."
And that's what I'm experiencing right now,
just continuous pain.
Have you ever pricked your finger on the tip
of a cactus or on an actual sewing needle
or a safety pin? - Oh yeah.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. (yelling)
- Oh no. (yelling)
(laughing)
Now it's in your hand. - Coyote.
- Yeah? - Why do you always get me
in these situations? - Sorry man.
- Like a band-aid? - Like a band-aid.
(yelling) (laughing)
- Oh my gosh that hurts.
(laughing) - Imagine what
I'm goin' through now?
- Oh my gosh, it feels so much worse to you right now.
- Oh first blood, first blood. - Okay.
- That's what it feels like every few seconds.
It's just like boop, boop, boop.
And it kind of radiates in this entire egg looking area
on my forearm.
Look at that, you can see all the liquid under the skin
at this point.
See that when I move the - Oh yeah.
- [Coyote] See it move in my skin?
- [Man] It's almost like a water balloon.
- [Coyote] Yeah, now that is my body's natural defense
to the venom.
It is forcing water into this area
so that the liquid breaks down
the concentration of the venom.
That venom is working very hard right now
to keep me in pain.
Now imagine if you were
to stumble upon a warrior wasp nest
and be stung many times.
It would be extremely bad.
Especially if you were stung in the face
or your neck or near your eyes.
The arm, look how much swelling there is in just in arms
so I can imagine if you were stung all over your body,
it would be really, really bad.
- [Man] So Coyote out of all the
insects that you've been stung by so far,
which one has been the most intimidating?
- Definitely the tarantula hawk.
Nothing could ever take the place of how intimidating
that insect was, it was massive.
I imagined that the warrior wasp would be a lot larger
than it was when I actually saw it in person.
But when it comes down to it,
often times it's size that is scarier
but not always the sting that is more potent.
A smaller creature like that has more powerful venom
to help ward off any potential predators.
- Would you say the warrior wasp
is worse than the tarantula hawk?
- It lasted longer.
At this point, my arm definitely still
was not in pain from the tarantula hawk.
And I still have pins and needles
going through my forearm right now, yeah.
I'm still in pain, I'm just managing to compose myself
really well right now.
- I got a question. - Yeah.
- Can we maybe take on another challenge?
Like fluffiest animal out there?
- Like what's the cutest baby animal that exists out there?
I don't know, Coyote pack, you tell us.
Do you want us to climb the cute baby animal index
so that we can get the cutest animals
up close for the cameras?
I'm sure everybody's writing
in the comment section right now,
"Cute animals no, unless you're gonna get bitten by 'em."
- [Man] What about the slimiest creature?
- [Coyote] Slimiest creatures, yeah.
I'm sure we could come up with our own index
to climb with a number of different cool things
about these animals.
But when it comes to stings,
yeah guys, I believe we are at the end of the road
as far as what has been tested out before and what we know.
- [Man] But the adventure continues right?
There's a whole lot of adventure ahead.
- Oh yeah, more episodes than you guys
can possibly imagine.
The brave wilderness train is a rollin'
and trust me guys,
heading into 2018 it's going to be absolutely epic.
I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild,
we'll see you on the next location.
- [Man] Ready for some dinner?
- Ready for some more adventure.
- [Man] Let's do it.
(dramatic music)
- Alright guys, so we have looked up vespid wasps
of Latin America, and I have found out what this is.
Just after we finished filming the warrior wasp,
we came upon a species who's sting
had yet to be officially documented
and ranked on the insect sting pain index.
Could this sleeping giant be the dark horse
that would emerge from the shadows
to claim the throne as the newly established king of sting?
There was only one way to find out.
I'm going to be stung by the executioner wasp.
Did you see the full warrior wasp sting episode?
If not, make sure to go back and watch
as I go skin to stinger against this incredible insect.
And don't forget, subscribe so you can join me
and the crew on our next big adventure.
(coyote howling)