Wednesday, February 1, 2012

I'll Stick With Losing My Virginity Thanks...

Along the tributaries of the Amazon in Brazil, home to the most aggressive and dangerous form of ants in the world – Paraponera clavata, or as they are called, because of the similarity of pain from their bites with gunshot wounds, bullet ants …

Some of the local Native American tribes practice a terrible habit: every boy, ready to become a man, should stick his hands for 10 minutes into ritual “mittens”, ridden by these monsters. Often, this leads to temporary paralysis or even to blackening of the fingers.












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1 comment:

  1. Maybe for Kwanzaa they can import the ritual to chicago and LA and have gang membahs shove their johnsons into the glove.
    Me - I'll just prefer the old tried and true custom of using the blow up doll handed down from granddad. Yeah, she has a few patches, but still...

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