STUNG by a Stonefish! (Most Painful Sting on Earth)

See what it’s like to get stung by the world’s most venomous fish, the Stonefish!
In this video I'm back in Australia to show you where stonefish live, how they defend themselves with venomous spines and then I will test the venom on myself to see just how bad this sting is vs the other toxic fish I’ve encountered before. First hand victims have claimed this is the most painful sting on earth. Now it’s time to find out.
Make no mistake, this is a very painful sting and I can’t stress enough that I’m a professional performing a controlled test. DO NOT try to recreate this video. Stonefish stings have the potential to be life threatening to certain individuals.
Big thanks to Miller Wilson for helping our team locate and understand Stonefish behavior in creating this video.
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[@thunderbird2412]

I didn’t even know stonefish could sting ! Thank you for all the animal information, your channel got me obsessed with animals when I was little and I’ve had an ever-growing fascination with them ever since. Whenever I tell my family or friends animal facts, they always say, “You learned that from Brave Wilderness, didn’t you?”

[@tcmcdonald]

Same I didn’t know a stone fish could sting

[@lovehamketsu3357]

I known it stung but not that painful

[@oye8076]

​@@lovehamketsu3357really

[@thunderbird2412]

@@lovehamketsu3357 yeah, like just enough to hunt prey, not defend against humans. It’s awesome.

[@MasonQ95]

How else would it envenomate something

[@JonathanHolt1988]

I love how the fish doesn't have a flight response. He's so bad, he just let's himself get captured. He's like "You think you can take me? Alright, let's see you try."

[@lightningrain3114]

It says as I shoot it

[@aag7114]

Lmao funny af

[@kammiebaybee3735]

Yeah thats not how it works

[@stuffylamb3420]

Yeah that's so weird I've never seen a fish act like that

[@iampumanormal]

Mark: ok ready in 1,2,3 sting me !!!!😅😂😂

[@RAWWFishing]

Imagine how bad it would hurt if you stepped on it

[@Golden_strait]

I felt that

[@DampySenpai]

The only one that can beat the pain of stepping on legos

[@kawouter7]

@@DampySenpai what about a stonefish little piece of Lego 😅

[@faridehlester7656]

I love you rawwfishing

[@datboi6415]

When I was 6 or so I was snorkeling in a shallow rocky area in Cuba and I literally jumped onto a stonefish by accident. I couldn't walk for several days, had insane swelling on my foot, and still have a spine-tingling fear of walking in bodies of water 15 years later. 1/10 would not recommend.

[@stealth-airsoft-]

“there have even been reported deaths.” “anyway let’s touch it.”

[@Rose-hv2sk]

thank you someone with common sense

[@longexpectedjourney]

Mark - "I gotta walk it off!" * *Steps on a Stone Fish* *

[@bdtravels5620]

😂

[@PuterPlayz-13]

As a Aussie myself I didn’t think ANYONE would do this on purpose give this man a award 🥇

[@didnotplay]

Darwin award maybe

[@nicolesweitzer2614]

I love your videos

[@Strangelyweird222]

Coyote peterson been doing this for years lol

[@kayleneal_BSS]

I hope you dont think this is real

[@GetArkd]

​@@kayleneal_BSSit is real, but he jerked it off out of all it's venom before hand. He just got the dreggs.

[@SICresinwrks]

The fact that the venom's color matches the barbs is awesome, sea animals are such amazing creatures

[@infinitedeath1384]

Blue is such an amazing colour when it's in nature, and it's pretty rare to see naturally as well. The video with the blue frog is still my favourite.

[@SICresinwrks]

@@infinitedeath1384 absolutely agree, blue is my favorite color.

[@ashtonsanborn9006]

I would guess that the spines are translucent, and the venom is blue

[@s8n687]

yaaas the barbs i love nicki! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@eliasabousamra7534]

the spine is actually clear. the venom itself is blue. that's why the spine looks blue, it's full of venom.

[@kevinamundsen6983]

It’s kinda cute how calm that little guy is. He was just kinda chillin’ in that little box.

[@drewledge-re6vv]

They are cute, almost cuddly and they like people it's just the weapon system on their back but you have to tread on them, they don't attack you.

[@Wott786]

@@drewledge-re6vv❤❤

[@Rose-hv2sk]

u got your glasses on gang? cuz we not looking at the same thing

[@shelbyseitzinger927]

The Stonefish being so toxic it has no flight reflex is like, a whole lesson in itself. Lol

[@iitzfizz]

one mode, fight.. lol

[@novatraugott]

Suoer

[@theignaciortega]

I guess not only is the venom in the spikes, but also the fact that nothing can eat it.

[@fpot]

That blue venom is insane. I had no idea anything in nature looked like that.

[@Irizume]

Look up a video of a Japanese guy filleting a napoleon fish. Nearly all of its flesh is vibrant blue, the ocean and the life within is just incredible.

[@josebarajas2299]

@@Irizumei just looked it up, it’s so beautiful how nature is man. never thought i would see these vibrant colors especially in animals.

[@te1e.]

It would have been very interesting if he did it on a spine that was still going to shoot a whole bunch of venom out.

[@RJ-mh3ox]

look up a barreleye fish they dont look real 😂

[@j4x24]

@@te1e.bro wouldve been screaming in pain then

[@suhy9861]

the fact that it didnt even care that you picked it up is insane, the confidence it has is crazy

[@xviii5780]

I think this thing is only a bit smarter than a normal stone

[@JoShPEt1993]

​@@xviii5780😂

[@msemihkaya]

Confidence? 😂 it’s a fish dude 😂

[@ryanhernandez8324]

​@@msemihkaya You're right if you think it doesn't have confidence. Instead, it has _confishdence!_

[@jennaye8142]

Not confidence or bravery on the fish's part. It likely doesn't even know what's going on. It's just existing. It doesn't need a thought process to survive like we do. You're looking at one of the dumbest living creatures & mistaking it's lack of awareness as confidence

[@michaelb866]

He’s such a badass, he doesn’t even bother to flop around when out of the water. It’s like, “whatever ya’ll, let’s get this over with.”

[@SingingInferno]

The difference in how calm Mark is during stings and bites vs how dramatic Coyote is will always be hilarious to me.

[@Fat-Lizard]

Sometimes coyote will do that but mainly he would be have the same reaction as brave wilderness

[@rillaaa5740]

People's pain thresholds aren't the same tho so there's that

[@zevo9314]

coyote took full bites and stings, with full venom. this was the lightest prick with the smallest amount of venom

[@ChrisP.Bacon008]

@@zevo9314watch jacks world of wildlife, shows coyote is definitely just a showman (which is fine, it’s a business). I’ve been stung by a couple of the same things and it’s really not that bad.

[@CoolPandaTheMovieNerd]

I’m betting coyote plays it up for the cameras

[@Snoozemanmma123]

I'm glad that Cyote gets a day off and he's not the only one going through pain

[@morpheon_xyz]

I thought something happened to Coyote, and that's why Mark is here taking the punch 👀 this does seem like a painful experience as a job tho, damn 😅

[@JuniorJuni070]

@@andrewbetsargis92 this is why people don’t like religion you just like lbgtq trying to force it down our throats i’m christian but you don’t need to preach everywhere you go.. it gets annoying

[@michaelkorvac4007]

@@andrewbetsargis92 shuuuuush

[@rivers_11-mapping]

@@michaelkorvac4007you shuuuuush

[@SpicyDoughnuts]

⁠@@andrewbetsargis92Amen

[@AlvinIsChipmunk]

What doesn't kill you make you stronger. At this point, Mark and Coyote are possibly the strongest man alive.

[@vibinseal6416]

I mean thats not really true but by that logic I guess

[@killercroc99]

Mark and Coyote vs. Adam and Caveman Rob! LET'S GO!

[@strawberryscentedchlorofor9935]

​@@vibinseal6416it makes you stronger mentally

[@vibinseal6416]

@@strawberryscentedchlorofor9935 It propels your ego to greater lengths every time you hurt yourself

[@vincesfo]

Yes

[@lib.777]

Stepped on one of these with full force when I was 11 years old. The pain was so intense I couldn’t think. That is the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced.

[@maxrauchenberger]

I stepped in a bee once... i love europe

[@OldManMoko]

I used to work in The Great Barrier Reef. That is the mildest sting from a stone fish I've seen. It's not just the sting but the quantity of it that's the real threat because it hits so much harder and so much faster. I watched a reef diver get helicoptered to a hospital after stepping on one. But the fact that you willingly took a microdose of it, well done dude, thats a brave thing.

[@maryerb6062]

Ah, he's an adrenaline junkie.

[@melissalayson7275]

Yeah I heard some people went into cardiac arrest and actually died from the venom of the Stone Fish.

[@buckeyehockey1979]

Turns out the stone fish won't kill you. You will just wish you were dead. They don't even have a flight response, they just sit there like "bro, you really don't want to do that".

[@CharlieEmmersonVlogz]

U can most definitely die if you don't reach treatment in time.

[@Unku.]

He literally tell you in tha video “theres even been reported deaths because of tha stone fish”

[@fosfan48]

​@Unku. From people having an allergic reaction or a heart attack because of the amount of pain not the venom itself i think

[@acolyteaxiom4054]

​@fosfan48 wrong. It's the most venomous fish on earth. Children and the elderly are at the most risk but it has killed and can kill you.... it can stop your heart beat and swell your lungs with the venom spreading in just a few minutes....

[@acolyteaxiom4054]

Wrong.

[@chazzplaysytcopper554]

Fun fact! Those "sheaths" around the spines are actually part of the venom sacks. As they become compressed (as the spine unsheathes) by your foot, the venom in them shoots up the spine and out the end into your foot. In other words, the Stonefish actually doesn't control the amount of venom going into you. That is determined by how hard you step on the fish

[@iamphatphobic7617]

So he actually didnt get that mutch venom in him? That is scary.

[@chazzplaysytcopper554]

@@iamphatphobic7617 Not much in comparison, but still quite a bit considering he pre-squeezed the sacks, so the spine was soaked in venom

[@iamphatphobic7617]

@@chazzplaysytcopper554 Yeah for sure i would not have the balls to poke myself with that spike even if i emptied most of the venom.

[@gravyd316]

Really? We couldn't tell by the close up video showing it.

[@chazzplaysytcopper554]

@@gravyd316 Hey, it's just some info. The video is pretty good at showing it but doesn't go into detail about the mechanism

[@victorymansions]

I just love how it constantly looks unimpressed 😂

[@CheezDoodlezz]

He’s like “damn it’s not coyote..”

[@alfonsocorvino-gq8dp]

“The stonefish, a master of hiding, the most painful sting, it knows he’s the most painful” The stonefish: 🪨🗿

[@stephenpalummo9367]

We Aussies are educated at a very young age about these sea creatures - you my friend, have balls of steel! even if you did only take a small tac from this fish

[@infinitedeath1384]

Imagine smacking your hand right on the spikes, so you get multiple injections and they penetrate deep in the hand 😣😫

[@marissalaurin7070]

⁠@@infinitedeath1384it wasn’t multitude of venom I don’t think. I think stone fish are like snakes they get rid of venom and then they got none left so I got a very tiny bit of it

[@northartworks]

I was a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy for 22 years. While stationed on Guam at the Naval Hospital we would see stonefish sting victims on a fairly regular basis. Witnessing the symptoms of stings to the feet was horrifying to say the least. Lots of snorkelers and reef walkers kept us busy. The screams and the physical fighting (due to the pain causing uncontrollable hitting, kicking and yes biting)is horrible. Lets just say you are the only person that would do this ON PURPOSE. I salute you.

[@sharpshooter_Aus]

That’s pretty odd considering these fish are native to Australia and are very rarely found outside of Australian waters, the furthest they go is the indo pacific along reef systems. You may be thinking of similar fish there are other kinds in the stonefish family.

[@maosephxingstalinping6510]

​@@sharpshooter_Austhey're in Guam bro, use Google and your brain

[@snakedoc565]

I'm from guam, thank you for your service.

[@mikefx12]

​@sharpshooter420 just google it dude, there are apparently stonefish in Guam too. Australia is best known for it and yes they go west to African shores, but they do extend north of Australia all the way up to Japan, which I also didn't know until now. Hooray for google I guess

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

​@@sharpshooter_AusOr you could just walk on the Reefs in Guam and find out for yourself

[@Teleport_Unlimited_LLC]

Every episode on this channel is adding a new phobia to my life

[@GC-ps9mn]

Being voluntarily stung by a stonefish? You guys truly deserve all of the views.

[@salazardjim4398]

the spine already shot its load, and barely scratched his surface, this is nothing like what happens when you encounter one in the wild.

[@calebhu6383]

@@salazardjim4398 Right, because if you actually got pumped full of venom with all of the spines, you could potentially die. Mark did as much as he could without putting his life in danger

[@vinnyvtec8722]

I love the way the fish is like "yeah whatever, pick me up, put me on a box, you wont eat me, i'll cause you excruciating pain if you try any funny business" And then the fish is like "what, wait a minute, you're going to sting yourself with me?" That day, a stonefish got an ego check lol.

[@GavinLPMband]

Humans' preceding their reputation everyday. Fish: "😮"

[@svampebob007]

I mean it was half checked, he got his hand stung by a depleted sting, that's some mad respect for the venom

[@TheGreatMoonFrog]

The Stonefish's channel suddenly uploads a "I let myself get captured by the most dangerous ape ON THE PLANET!!!" video.

[@drewledge-re6vv]

The stonefish would be saying "don't do it, it's gonna really f'in hurt and I don't want to be responsible for that, man". Stoned fish might be a better name.

[@ShoobsASMR]

“this is borderline unbearable” *is scarily calm and unphased*

[@jerkoroje2368]

Judging by your reaction,either not enough venom came in or you have an amazing pain tolerance

[@bloodmajesty414]

Yeah Mark has an insane level of pain tolerance -- and he rolls with the pain instead of reacting intensely to it. Most people in his situation will at least scream and writhing in pain. Watch his reaction to the electric eel, you can see how he endures pain really well.

[@Blue-Dog]

It was the most superficial pin prick. He had to squeeze the hell out of it just to get a drop of blood up. I don't blame him though for not taking a full hit just for a tv series.😂😂

[@redacted144]

he squeezed some from the skin test, so there's that.

[@sonny9493]

Clearly didn't take a proper sting. Not even close

[@stuffthatijustsay5523]

You can clearly see it’s a microdose. There would have been only the most minute traces of venom on the end of the spine, rather than the full ejaculation like the neoprene got

[@anaussieplays763]

My guy's a madman.. As an Aussie I know about these guys. I've also heard victims can have reoccurring pain in the area years later, with around the same intensity

[@TheG121]

Really? That's so weird. Cool fact.

[@MD-sr9ve]

Could it be psychological pain becuase of the possible trauma resulting from the sting?

[@anaussieplays763]

@MD-sr9ve possibly. Ever heard oh amputees feeling pain in their phantom arm? Like that. Like phantom pain. I don't know how to logically explain it

[@Eshock-js6vz]

@@anaussieplays763I mean it’s gotta be mental there’s nothing actually that’s causing it

[@anaussieplays763]

@@Eshock-js6vz who knows if it alters anything along your nervous system 🤷

[@earlthepearl6414]

The blue venom is really gnarly! I had no idea their venom was blue like that. Really neat.

[@CatboyChemicalSociety]

thats actually fish in general because some fish have blue colored fluids and spines and its a rare mutation. Ive had a snapper and needlefish that had blue meat and bones.

[@mskinetik]

The fish is thinking "bruh, why you touchy me?"

[@SaamsunggApple]

i didn’t even know stonefish could sting ! Thank you for all the animal informations, your channel got me obsessed with animals when I was the little boy and I’ve had an ever growing fascination with them ever since. Whenever I tell my family it friends animals facts, they always say, “You learned that from Brave Wilderness, didn’t you “??

[@rebeccanorth8896]

The fish is so confident and chill you can literally see the look of annoyance on its face putting up with all this 🤣🤣

[@hawkmoon0302]

He’s stoned. 😂

[@ML_STUDIO89]

😂😂😂😂

[@copperfish543]

Just like rattlesnakes, they just stand their ground ratteling knowing you are terrified.

[@Rock_Appreciator]

Bro is not impressed by the meat sack humans picking him up.

[@NOs-1991]

Both Coyote & Mark are indeed THE bravest men to enter the Sting Zones with these animals & bugs. They both deserve a medal

[@troigheohinneirghe7378]

Nothing brave about retardation

[@99duval]

This is not bravery…..it’s stupidity

[@JoeMama-lq2jf]

Mark is lowkey annoying hes trying to act like coyote like using the same phrases and facial expressions i prefer coyote

[@guuurgle]

@@JoeMama-lq2jfprobably because theyre friends, on the same show, doing the same thing? Idk man seems kinda crazy that they act the same

[@brandonveltri2825]

Animals, bugs, and the Gympie Gympie plant at some point also

[@iitzfizz]

Imagine being so deadly you don't need fight or flight response, only fight.

[@zakosist]

And its really a "fight", since the fish just sits there and someone else pushing its spike does the job. The fish does nothing.

[@nurkagirbabayev9120]

9:50 “hang on i gotta walk it off” this man is insane 😂

[@LeviHyatt-yj5ke]

Let’s appreciate all the pain he has to go through for hours just for us to be entertained for a few minutes.

[@LickerofToes]

Not entertained…educated lol

[@goofygoober2212]

hours? id say days they probably get sick sometimes after these videos

[@jimmybeanchugger1832]

To think he got a baby prick that didn’t shoot much venom

[@crimsonchaos5]

@@LickerofToes edutained

[@anthonymirecki5558]

He's making a fortune by doing this though, it's not for nothing.

[@blazeflamestrike]

5:30 not only are the spines designed to shoot the most amount of venom into your foot but because there are so many spines and close together, if you step on a stonefish you will normally wind up having multiple spines penetrate your foot, not just one. Having spines only on the top of it’s body also tells you that the biggest issue the fish has with it’s camouflage is that it works so well that the top of its body is the only part that needs defending… from us who wander in the ocean and can’t see them. The stonefish doesn’t muck around with defence.

[@user-tp7sh8kp2z]

I stepped on one and I had 5 pricks on my foot and the pain was intense and unrelenting.

[@chazzplaysytcopper554]

Kind of a "Screw everyone" defense isn't it. They're designed to not be seen but, if we don't see them, we get up to 13-14 spines in our foot

[@Blue_row_beastmode]

Cool😊

[@hannahalexy]

I live near these fish! Not planning on stepping on one, though. I've stepped on sea urchin before and that was bad enough 😅

[@Rat_Atouie]

You should try it@@hannahalexy

[@j897xce]

This video was my intro to whole channel which i will continue bingewatching. Thanka!

[@Begul43]

I watch these videos because they help me learn about cool animals like these, keep up the good work guys

[@Brian-gn1yv]

Bro is reeling in pain from the most painful sting in the world but checks to see if the stone fish is okay before applying first aid. That's some major Steve Irwin energy ❤

[@nickflig]

Holy heck man, great job keeping me hooked the whole video. Glad you didn't take the FULL dose of venom, what you took given your experience already highlights the hell it would be for victims.

[@BraveWilderness]

full dose would have been a REALLY bad idea

[@Temothepotato]

For real

[@MaternityHolistics]

Yes

[@john8606]

​@@BraveWildernessTrue. This dose on the other hand, was a great idea!

[@user-zo9qq3rx9w]

Yea for real

[@gbreslin6635]

My brother and I were thought to have stood on a Stonefish in the 1960's in Gladstone Qld Australia (since we did not see what we stood on). It got me on the right side of my foot near my little toe. We were standing in shallow water on a rocky surface about ankle deep. It immediately stung and we went to hospital. From memory, I stayed in hospital for about 3 days. My ankle blew up like an old person's bloated leg (excuse the description :(). They thought we recovered very well. Not fun but it's a memory :) My brother was with me and I've always thought he too was stung too but since I never spoke to him in depth, I'm not sure what he experienced.

[@ph0sgene967]

It's so amazing to see how much mark has come into his own these past few years

[@mariong6065]

dude that stone fish is so chill, not even gonna move a bit while it's getting lifted up on the surface. I can tell its gonna be a good pet

[@elfinshell4758]

I know I’ve been gone for a while, but Coyote be looking mighty different in these videos. Lol.

[@JoePvpii]

Same lmao. Wtf happened to him 😬

[@llvertexlI]

😂

[@JetBlack2024]

He needs rest after all the stuff he did. We don’t blame him

[@zoew-2658]

@@JetBlack2024please explain? I’m not caught up on coyote lore 😂

[@Robbie_S]

Ah yes Coyote thats the name I forgot

[@tomthomas9910]

That fish watching you the whole time" thinking " this dude crazy AF " 😂 he was laughing i saw bubbles" 😮

[@icantthinkofaname987]

9:30 I love that he still cared about the fish

[@coryjamieson3171]

Mark Vins is literally Coyote's right hand man, Mark is willing to take bites and stings like a boss. Keep up the awesome work guys. 😎

[@mabyonedayicanbehappy]

Would of been better if he did it to a stinger that he didn't already take venom from

[@gkrees9509]

@@mabyonedayicanbehappyyea .. would of been better if he just stepped on it full force too right

[@mabyonedayicanbehappy]

@@gkrees9509 no that would be worse.

[@ItsyaboyJayjay]

​@@gkrees9509hahah fr

[@digdougx]

Is it just me, or does Mark have a way higher pain tolerance than Coyote? Coyote: AHHH! ITS LIKE FIRE! AHHH! Mark: This is very uncomfortable.

[@waschukd]

I don’t know about a higher pain tolerance, maybe just different ways of expressing it.

[@robflores8632]

Mark said it was borderline unbearable, I just assume they show it differently

[@TyroneIsHere4UrAss]

That's because Coyote likes to oversell his reactions. Probably to scare people, but also it gains more attention.

[@DMZZ_DZDM]

​@@TyroneIsHere4UrAssyou get bit by an approximation of an Australian death worm and walk it off

[@TyroneIsHere4UrAss]

@@DMZZ_DZDM someone showcased that being stung by a bullet ant doesn't make you roll over and scream in agony the way Coyote Peterson does.

[@inquisidorjulian]

The Fish: 🗿

[@acubedads2558]

It's really educational for us. Thank you so much❤❤

[@SMS2884]

What's crazy is now Mark is literally taking stings that are lethal. I'd imagine things like this are well thought out medically.

[@Not_Ciel]

Well to be fair, it seems like he did the neoprene first which shot most of the venom off and only coated the spike. I think that was a calculated way to both show us what would happen and also reduce the amount of venom he’d receive. He did say he was only taking a micro dose. Either way, it’s still a big deal. I’m not trying to downplay what he did, just saying I think that was on purpose.

[@christian_urocar]

@@Not_Cielwow , I didn’t think of that. That’s brilliant while still showing us the potential of this sting

[@TassyDeval]

Does that mean the blue ringed octopus is next?

[@liamford4635]

This Amount of pain this guy go through just to teach us Is amazing and how he risk his life to teach us what a legend

[@meez5824]

Well he’s also a millionaire from doing this. lol

[@alexrich3969]

The other og guy is better tho

[@lilliblossom5689]

@@alexrich3969yea

[@ninjamaster307]

I agree

[@1v1ify]

Teach what? How to get sting? 😅

[@richsorrento4107]

You handle the pain very well sir

[@divingdeepwithluke5443]

Thank you mark, someone who was brave enough to take a stonefish sting

[@EscargoBay]

It's hilarious how chill that fish was about the whole thing. That's the end result of an animal putting all its skill points into defense.

[@brendanjoyce645]

The best offense is a Good defense

[@anasdomain9994]

Tank fish 😂

[@AppeltjeEitje34]

You would too if you got like 6 stings on your back full with venom

[@chungusu]

It's weird how docile and calm they are

[@yk.lE0]

I know he’s just chilling there 💀

[@dubbingsync]

Well they have their defences on their backs… so of course it’s just going to chill out when it can. It’s not likely to get a frontal attack

[@thomas_walker]

they're like "try me"

[@TheGreatMoonFrog]

I'm guessing it's because absolutely nothing wants to eat it. Every creature living in it's environment probably instinctually knows at this point that it's a death sentence to mess with them.

[@emanuel81111]

When you are at the peak of poisonous in the animal kingdom, the only thing left is to be chill about it and enjoy being a badass stonefish

[@harmonylambert9543]

You got good people with ya man the "you okay mark" was too real

[@ReubenHDF]

I know the exact feeling your feeling right now man I stepped on one 2 years ago, don’t ever wish it on anyone.

[@Griffdog21]

Imagine if he took the full venom without milking it first. It's crazy how potent that sting is.

[@intelectualizando3208]

Mark is like the bravest (and craziest) man in the world... he is literally the first and only person in the world to voluntarily take a stonefish sting...This fish is more toxic than a black mamba... this guy deserves my respect!👏👏👏

[@RxTerps]

Nah Coyote Peterson is better

[@kevinnguyen9138]

Not true my boy, The Kings Of Pain on discovery channel have done it already.

[@great_Caligola]

The guys from Kings of pain are completely nuts. They also put like their whole hand on the stonefish so they were probably stung multiple times at once

[@intelectualizando3208]

@@great_Caligola No. I think you're wrong... I've been following History's Kings of Pain here on KZbin since before I met Brave Wilderness and they've never been skewered by a stonefish... the furthest they got was when they decided to get stung by one scorpionfish, they even commented on how dangerous the stonefish was when they were about to be skewered by the scorpionfish, and said that they would never take the sting of a deadly creature like it (stonefish).

[@Exoke]

He literally juiced the venom before hand and then barely pricked the least painful part of his hand

[@animalsandanimalsaroundus]

You really gave good information 🙂

[@DjClarky78]

Great vid. I see you can buy armored insoles for shoes (for use on building sites etc - I wonder if lining some reef shoes with these would give you protection against being stung? I'm surprised no reef shoe manufacturers make sting proof shoes. I had a look, and can't seem to find much about.

[@mmjr23]

Holy cow, Mark and Coyote are probably the toughest guys in this world. Man cuz this isn’t just painful, it’s dangerous. Thx for the education and teaching us about this creature and medical help

[@calebheiligenstadt634]

There also the dumbest❤

[@ashal4840]

And the most braves people ever

[@Daniel_0778]

He use that same sting that he just squish all the venom out when he show you how that venom work🙄🙄.. bruhh seriously? Do people this easy to be manipulate?

[@georgefloydsinhellwbreonna5330]

@@calebheiligenstadt634oh the irony. *theyre

[@plukisto5585]

​@@Daniel_0778Well if it is that harmless just go ahead and do it yourself. I bet you would take it like a king. Gosh is it that hard to realize that the dosis was meant to give an example of the pain you feel when stung by this fish? For that reason the amount of venom was more than enough.

[@JuliRat]

That’s the most chill fish I’ve ever seen. Also, that was hella dangerous.

[@nekperez6672]

We all love this channel❤

[@terpysappenstien659]

It’s so chill. Like “do your thing man I’m good” lol

[@damianlee6957]

That’s one of the most confident fishes I’ve ever seen in my entire life

[@TheTotallyRealXiJinping]

He’s like ‘Pet me m8’

[@pijcab]

I love his "sup bro? : ] " face

[@stinkypeterson7699]

Holy smokes, you’re ballsy. That demonstration before the sting was actually scary. I really hope you guys get paid the big bucks for doing stuff like this haha. That was wild

[@reagangorzynski2259]

Right?? I just pictured that being someone's foot and my jaw was on the floor. They're so blue too!!

[@georgedrager-bluewaterdreamer]

That’s nuts great vid

[@naap848]

"Lives up of being the most painful fish on the planet" Great White: 👁👄👁 am I a joke 2 u?

[@alecshrad]

Got stung by a stonefish in Mexico in 2014. I remember telling them to cut the foot off because it would stop the pain. This video seriously underplays the amount of pain a full sting causes.

[@Nix48409]

then goddamn this dude has some balls of steel of he can withstand that pain

[@WinToz]

i always thought Coyote was a crazy man but Mark is as crazy by catching it with his bare hands what a dude

[@nathanwilliams2152]

If you know how to pick them up, ie, from the front and with your hands underneath - then you’re pretty safe. Just don’t approach them from over the top - the spines will become erect, and might get nailed.

[@WinToz]

@@nathanwilliams2152 still wouldn’t be me tho

[@Worry-Panic]

"The stonefish is ok" ohhh good, that's who I was concerned about.. lol

[@mikefriend1514]

I don’t blame you for testing yourself on one of the spines you had already milked. The thought of having a full dose shot into a wound is enough to make my heart race like crazy.

[@AshishMassey]

The fact that Stonefish is just chilling and doing its thing without any movement, is just fascinating!

[@nicoschroeder5379]

Yeah funny how its drowning without water. Awesome.

[@vomitsick]

​@@nicoschroeder5379 absolutely false, they can last up to 24 hours out of water, which honestly just adds to their danger factor

[@letsherptothederp]

@@nicoschroeder5379guessing you didn’t even watch the video, where he explains they are able to sit outside of the water

[@janita25able]

To risk your life for views and clicks is one of the most irresponsible things to do. Why?? This is not cool at all!

[@Auntie_Magic]

Bro I didn’t know stonefishes have blue stingers, thank you so much for showing this video, and thanks for showing us how’s it like to be stunted

[@mitchellsanchez3937]

Ikr They’re kinda sick tho

[@krusher181]

@@mitchellsanchez3937well yeah they do stunts according to OP

[@Flinn-rx8tq]

4:47 The fish is just so unbothered 🤣

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

Alien: abducts MMA fighter: "beat me hard" MMA fighter: "lol ok" Alien: releases back MMA fighter. Alien science.

[@DaddyRizzler69]

I love how Australia has every deadly creature you would see in a nightmare.

[@punkprincess201130]

Yes. I tell my husband all the time I am NEVER going there lmao

[@popkittycat]

And the funniest part is the horse and the cow are the deadliest things there.

[@bungeyedsniper1391]

@@popkittycatyeah and mosquitos are the deadliest in Africa, still want to go on a barefoot safari?

[@Fdzzaigl]

The stonefish is not only found in Australia though, also Red Sea and other coral heavy waters.

[@axeman2478]

​@@bungeyedsniper1391pretty sure it's a Hippopotamus

[@Dragonmastersservant]

When I learned about the stonefish in 5th grade science, I couldn't even sleep that night cuz I was so scared of accidentally stepping on one randomly and dying. This man is insane

[@lLIBER4TORl]

I swear! I thought it was a much bigger issue than it really us 😅

[@Dragonmastersservant]

@@lLIBER4TORl Yeah that and quicksand LOL

[@lLIBER4TORl]

For real! Bermuda triangle too lol

[@user-oe6oz4tz2f]

Yeah and I was fishing so I was terrified

[@Erk350]

Imagine stepping on one of those and get 3-5 spines worth of of venom......

[@AJ420Psn]

Truly Great remarkable Bravery you displayed! Good to know that, hot water & vinegar can treat Toxic stinGs. Good job, Stay Safe 👍🏽

[@josephrafacz2527]

I like how you don’t really dramatize the sting. It’s an honest show

[@Goldenkitten1]

Mark is a lot better than Coyote in that respect. Not that I doubt some of the stings he takes are bad but he's such a diva for the sake of the algorithm on even relatively minor stings.

[@Michael-kv9bg]

If you wanna see someone that doesnt dramatizes a sting at all, check out Jack’s World of Wildlife, he even took a Black Widow and Brown Recluse bite.

[@vernessawashington9007]

​@@Michael-kv9bgbrown recluse is crazy but black widow that's painful but overfeared

[@skykrasher4475]

@@Goldenkitten1Let’s see you get stung by these things then. Bet you won’t think he was being overdramatic after that.

[@Goldenkitten1]

@@skykrasher4475 I'm basing it off of how others react to the same stings he's done. It certainly looks unpleasant but you don't see anyone else dropping to the ground and rolling around screaming.

[@Eagle-Striker]

Seems like every step you take in Australia could end up being your last (regardless of the type of surface you are walking on) 🥺

[@kevinmccubbin2385]

This was sheer insanity. Why would anybody ever do this willingly...

[@Spacegoat92]

Nah, it's exaggerated a fair bit. I've grown up in Australia, i live in Queensland now in my 40's. Half the snakes i've seen have only been at snake shows. Haven't seen that many in the wild and i go hiking pretty much weekly. I've only seen a stonefish once when i was snorkeling off Lennox Head, and only saw it because it moved. Never seen a Blue Ringed Octopus, Cone shell, or Box Jellyfish, and it's been years since i've seen a medically significant spider. You've got more chance of being robbed here than you have of encountering our wildlife.

[@leovasquez5501]

⁠​⁠@@Spacegoat92 thanks for the clarification. Most us Americans have this view of Australia. Looks like a beautiful country with great people, but all the deadly animals scare us away from wanting to visit.

[@Charlycakes]

As an aussie who grew up on the coast, i got drilled into me as a kid at school to be careful of where you step on the beach. I had such a fear of these things and still do now. Don't know why he is saying its the most painful. The irakanji or box jellyfish is the most painful sting by far.

[@AlfieBDoesStuff]

That would kill him though. He wouldn’t kill himself for a video and couldn’t say much of the educational aspects of the video. He’d be dead.

[@stevepalpatine2828]

Most painful fish. Jellyfish arent fish.

[@teeanahera8949]

@@AlfieBDoesStuffNO, they are not that lethal. Secondly Irukandji are not one jellyfish, they are group of different species of similar jellyfish, they are no more lethal than stonefish. The guy who named them (after the Irukandji Aborigines) stung himself deliberately and survived.

[@AlfieBDoesStuff]

Box jellyfish apparently kill people, sorry if I got it wrong though @teeanahera8949

[@soldier22881]

Thanks!

[@lawrencegrant8235]

The stonefish found on the East Coast of Africa has a greater volume of venom and a more potent venom. JLB Smith, a famous South African ichthyologist, recounted getting stung by one in the thumb. It took 3 years for his hand to heal completely and regain its former strength. From his book, High Tide.

[@lisagiaccone6365]

DANGGGGGG THIS GUY WENT ALL OUT. give him credit, because he just got stung by a fish some people die to, for us, and science, of course. if you do read this, thank you.

[@kevinnguyen9138]

Not true my boy, The Kings Of Pain on discovery channel have done it already. Plus they got stung by multiple spines and didn't milk it all of its venom before doing so.😂

[@pipeboms]

@@kevinnguyen9138 so..? Lol.

[@lisagiaccone6365]

@@kevinnguyen9138 wha-

[@tmcmillan45]

I wouldn't exactly say "all out"...unless you meant almost "all out" of Venom. He milked the spine of Venom and barely pricked his skin... hardly "all out!"

[@lisagiaccone6365]

@@tmcmillan45 i said “all out” because he went to the extreme level on what he was doing. more simple?

[@AustinMoreno-pq4zk]

And THANK YOU FOR THE ANIMAL INFORMATION

[@blazednlovinit]

Love how the fish just sits there quietly xD

[@Noturmom123]

9:52 “hang on i gotta walk it off” bro i expected him to step on another stone fish on his walk 😂

[@shivvers.]

This is also one of the first times I've seen Mark have a reaction as bad as one of Coyotes. He's usually been quite calm, even throughout a lot of pain

[@shadowguy7991]

True. This is how you know that things are really bad.

[@lordfabulous6198]

It's because Coyote Peterson fakes his reactions. Mark is being genuine here, because it's actually really painful.

[@shivvers.]

@lordfabulous6198 let's go get stung by bullet ants guys 💪😄

[@Exoke]

@@shadowguy7991 He literally juiced the venom before hand and then barely pricked the least painful part of his hand

[@lordfabulous6198]

@@Exoke while that would reduce pain, sure, it's important to note that the stone fish is considered the most painful sting in the world, be it insect or otherwise. Also, that it is fatal in normal doses (AKA: stomping your foot on it). He was doing the only amount that could be considered "safe". Have you not heard of the claims of people wanting amputations to escape its sheer pain when given a full dose on the foot?

[@EmoPrincess241]

I love how even though he was in pain, he was still checking on the fish's well-being, lol

[@_DML_]

I love how the stonefish just sits there calmly taking it all in.

[@MichelPougin]

That was unbelievable, never thought anyone would voluntarily let themselves be stung by a rockfish. Imagine accidentally stepping on it, having the sting with full load of toxin deep in the foot and without expecting it, so also not being prepared with countermeasures. If you are alone or the vehicle is further away, you have no chance at all. You can't even walk anymore.

[@aboyaq7259]

What about stepping on it and drown afterwards?

[@donotcareatall]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@aboyaq7259or your face lands on another stone fish after stepping on one

[@mo_musashi_284]

Then you fall nuts first on it.

[@kuruptzZz]

​@@donotcareatallShould save that one for the final destination reboot

[@garbagegrove2533]

@@mo_musashi_284lmao yeah that’d be very unfortunate

[@nikorusso4151]

Imagine he stepped on another one when he tries to walk it off 😂

[@ghostpup1000]

LOL YEAH

[@nataliyakuznyetsova3940]

That's not funny I got stung bye 2 stonefish one time and I ended up in a hospital

[@S574i]

@@nataliyakuznyetsova3940Jeez that’s must’ve been scary

[@nataliyakuznyetsova3940]

@@S574i yeah and it was the most painful thing I've ever felt just a tip watch where your going

[@kimberlywalters380]

You deserve a trophy👏👏👏👏

[@jayjorgensen2024]

That's good education, Coyote! Hope you don't get too hurt!