ROB ALLEVA: We're about to step into a world of pain.
This is actually happening.
Waiting is the worst part.
(YELLING) Oh!
Ah!
This is the bite I've been dreading.
[bleep] nightmare in a box.
Just bite me already.
Get off my arm.
[yelling]
We're in Bolivia to begin our quest
to find and record the most painful bites and stings
in the animal kingdom.
We're about to step into a world of pain.
[suspenseful music]
ADAM THORN: The Goliath bird-eating tarantula,
it's like the biggest spider on the planet.
And the hairiest.
ADAM THORN: Oh.
ROB ALLEVA: I know you hate spiders.
I don't hate them.
They just really gross me out.
Little spiders are fine, but monster
spiders kind of creeps me out.
Their fangs are just enormous.
I bet you can hear them pierce your flesh.
Ugh, you hear that [popping noises]
And then, you know, you got the executioner wasp.
ADAM THORN: Yeah.
And it's a bloody huge wasp as well.
You know?
Stories are floating around.
Like, this thing is crazy painful.
ADAM THORN: The executioner wasp.
Pelistes carnifex.
This wasp definitely earns its name, presumably
from the amount of pain and damage
it is known to inflict in its victims.
But even after the initial pain, the damage is far from done.
This wasp has cytotoxins that can last for days.
It can even cause necrosis near the sting site.
That's rotting flesh.
So this is actually happening.
All right.
ADAM THORN: Hey.
It's a formidable looking wasp.
ROB ALLEVA: OK.
Just get it started.
ADAM THORN: OK.
Ready?
Yep.
Oh, waiting is the worst part.
(YELLING) Oh!
Ah! Yeah.
Yep.
[yelling]
Oh!
Oh, that's sharp.
Instant, like, instant pain. ADAM THORN: Oh, really?
Yeah.
Oh.
It's actually getting worse.
ADAM THORN: Really?
Yeah.
ADAM THORN: Going second and witnessing
the amount of pain Caveman is in scared the crap out of me.
It's my turn.
I was sweating before.
Now, I'm drenched.
There is literally a waterfall running down my back right now.
Ugh.
ROB ALLEVA: Look at that stinger.
Look how long that stinger is.
ADAM THORN: It's huge.
ROB ALLEVA: I'm going to come around this way.
You ready? - Right.
ROB ALLEVA: Right here? ADAM THORN: Yeah.
Yep.
Look at it. Look at it.
ROB ALLEVA: Yeah.
You can see it coming out looking for you.
Are you ready?
[grunts]
(YELLING) Ah!
Ah!
ROB ALLEVA: Oh!
It went right in.
It's still in there.
[groaning]
Oh.
Ah.
Oh!
All right.
That's enough.
All right.
Let's put it back.
[gasps] Ah, man, that's ridiculous.
But yeah, that's going to get worse.
ADAM THORN: It gets worse?
[gasps]
Oh!
It's deep.
It's a deep stinging.
Yeah.
Oh, you could see the singer just plunge right in.
ADAM THORN: Oh!
The pain is excruciating.
Injection feel--
Yeah.
Like, needle feel, this is just--
[pow] It's like hot pokers being put on your skin.
I see why it's called the executioner wasp now.
I mean, that thing packs a punch.
It definitely lives up to its reputation.
I wouldn't want to do it again.
Still got to do that tarantula.
Oh, yeah.
[bleep]
This is the bite I've been dreading.
Theraphosa blondi, the Goliath bird-eating tarantula, this
is the largest tarantula on the bloody planet.
Its enormous fangs can puncture a rodent's skull.
And it releases a potent, tissue-dissolving venom.
ROB ALLEVA: These crazy arachnids
feed by sucking the carcass of their prey completely dry.
Nothing is left behind except for some skin, bones, and hair.
ADAM THORN: Now, and this venom isn't deadly to humans,
but it does bring the pain.
Let's have a look at this thing.
ROB ALLEVA: All right.
ADAM THORN: Ah, man.
ROB ALLEVA: It's pissed off, dude.
ADAM THORN: Looking at this arachnid,
seeing the size of its fangs, seeing the hair,
seeing its beady little eyes, ugh, I don't want this thing
anywhere bloody near me.
[bleep] nightmare in a box.
All right.
Oh, my god.
Just put your arm down.
I don't want to hold this longer than necessary.
Go.
Right about here. - You ready?
Yeah.
Bite me.
Just bite me already.
Get off my arm.
ROB ALLEVA: Oh.
Fangs are out.
BOTH: [yelling]
ROB ALLEVA: Oh, no!
[yelling]
Oh, I felt that.
That was--
That was so gross.
That was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life, dude.
[gasping]
That was-- [gasps] That was the worst
feeling I've ever experienced.
That popping into your skin, and then you feel it, like--
[yelling]
[shudder]
That's what I was afraid of.
Adam was more scared of this than I was, but not now.
After seeing him go through this, like, I'm terrified.
I'll take 50 snake bites before I take one tarantula bite.
ADAM THORN: All right.
You ready?
Yeah, I am.
ADAM THORN: All right.
ROB ALLEVA: All right.
ADAM THORN: OK.
Come on.
Yeah, he's ready to go.
Ah, look at the fangs!
ADAM THORN: Oh, my god!
[yelling]
Damn it!
That thing just keeps going.
That was so bad.
Oh, you just feel it tugging on your skin
and popping through your skin.
And it just seemed like it went on forever.
Goodness, man.
ADAM THORN: That was so bad.
I could see when I was pulling its fang out,
it was, like, lifting your skin up with it.
ROB ALLEVA: Yeah.
And just-- yeah, and now it's actually--
it wasn't hurting for a minute.
But now, like, the venom is starting to kick in.
It's starting to hurt.
[gasp]
Actually, Oh.
It's actually really stinging. - Yeah.
Yeah.
It takes a minute, huh?
Look at that.
They're so far apart.
It's actually stinging more now.
ADAM THORN: Yeah, it got you good.
The worst part is these fangs going into my flesh.
For a few seconds I thought there was no venom.
And then it started to sting, and it got worse and worse.
Oh, that was probably the worst thing I've ever seen.
[gasp]
If I see another tarantula, it'll be too soon.
I'm going to need counseling after this.