What's the most painful sting in the world? ^51.6%

BBC Future - By Elizabeth Anne Brown - 4/7/2026, 9:01 AM

Appeal to Emotion 25.9% - Negativity Bias 21.1% - Anecdotal 19.7%

Top contenders for the nastiest sting range from bullet ants to warrior wasps and tiny jellyfish. To find out which is most painful, some adventurous experts have spent their lives getting stung. Would you rather be walloped by boxer Mike Tyson or take a jackhammer to the kidneys? That's what it feels like to receive two of the world's... more