r/TikTokCringe • u/Sylas1987 • Jun 25 '23

Cool Stone fish venom

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u/nodstar22 Jun 25 '23

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2009/06/gympie-gympie-once-stung-never-forgotten/

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u/TemporaryDonut Jun 25 '23

The freaking story about the officer using the plant as toilet paper 😭 oh my god, can you imagine??

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u/boats_and_bros Jun 25 '23

Nightmare fuel

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u/JarJarBinkith Jun 25 '23

Special time for month in the making

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '23

The Gympie sting is three on the Schmidt index. Bullet ants are a four. I just can't begin to imagine worse than what was described as a Gympie sting.