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Bullet ant venom is really interesting, it's a pure neurotoxin designed to cause maximum pain with minimum injury. The effects wear off completely after 24 hours, as far as I know no-one has ever died from a sting. There is no incentive for the ant to kill a large mammal, it's purely a defence...

The bullet ant ritual is two part, firstly the pain to demonstrate courage and bravery, secondly a massive endorphin high. Their equivalent of mdma, although given the choice I'd rather have the endorphins without the agony first.