How DEADLY Is The STING Of The JACK JUMPER ANT Really?

[@MrMickthemonster]

I got stung in Tasmania by a bunch of them and nearly died. I can still remember the pain and the sense of impending doom all these years later. I will fear them for the rest of my days.

[@vedob5163]

What did it feel like and how long did it last?

[@MrMickthemonster]

@vedob5163 it felt like someone putting cigarettes out on me and i lost conciousness and that pain lasted more than 24 hrs then the itching lasted a week

[@vedob5163]

@MrMickthemonster wow

[@MrMickthemonster]

@vedob5163 yeah it wasn't a nice experience. A bad way to find out you're allergic lol

[@AnnhilateTheNihilist]

@@MrMickthemonsterchicken 😂

[@nonodaclown9033]

I'm glad Jack would never fake pain and a Bigfoot skull

[@remingtonwingmaster6929]

Great choice, I was always curious about this species. While I don't enjoy seeing people in pain, I do enjoy the analytical aspect of it. Interesting how it ramped down very quickly.

[@DaRougaroux1]

It is a crime that this channel isn't bigger.

[@martinrayner6466]

Like the bigger versions of this ant _(bull dogs),_ as a child we tormented them for the hell of it. In the process we discovered *they are smart.* They watch their antagonists and send scouts at a distance to get behind them. Then run/ jump at you from all directions. After we noticed this, we would always keep an eye behind us. From a "silly" Aussie, who now respects these little picnic spoilers.

[@RafyPina]

Why did you torment bull dogs?

[@martinrayner6466]

@@RafyPina We lived on a 350 acre cattle farm (Aberdeen Angus cattle), and as children we had way to much energy to burn, and little consideration towards consequences to ourselves. It was a challenge to us to try and see their queens... That meant pulling apart ant nests - without getting stung. You bet we got stung from time to time _(talk about hot pokers under your skin),_ but the challenge was still there. Crazy the dumb things children get up to. We three brothers, were primary school age. Yet we had enough sence not to tangle with the taipans, red belly blacks, browns, or tiger snakes. _PS; Bull dog _*_ants,_*_ of the genus Myrmecia, they are about 3 times bigger than the jumping jack ants._

[@seancunningham4254]

Hahaha, had the exact same experience, attacked from behind.

[@IanM-id8or]

I don't know about the jack jumpers, but the inch ants along the Murray River near Morgan in South Australia have excellent eyesight, can see you and will gang up and chase you. Also, they will bite you and will not let go

[@gameburrito2502]

Man these are beautiful ants, I wonder how their sting differs to the other jack Jumper, Harpegnathos venator.

[@kelvin869]

You should try getting stung by the Gympie Gympie whilst you are here in Australia. It is like being electrocuted and having boiling acid poured on you, and it's a plant.

[@topendgold9284]

That stuff sucks, another one is what we called shiny leaf, around the Tully area of FNQ.

[@acidrtv]

Yeah the last time I got hit by one of these I was in the military… we called them see you next Tuesday ants. I felt like I had been stuck with a red hot poker.

[@peterwilliam4681]

We live in Tassie on the coast.I have them all over the garden and been bitten 3 times.Hurts like helll and has left me coming out in hives when I get really hot for 5 years with its stinking venom.

[@JacksWorldofWildlife]

Ouch!

[@dutchaus5813]

Once you have been bitten by one, you NEVER forget what the pain is like.

[@nathanielsutherland7502]

I've been stung a few times by Jack Jumpers, I found the initial pain to be slightly less than a honeybee and shorter lasting, but the itch in the aftermath was definitely worse. Jack Jumper stings don't come close to the ones I took from inch ants (the South Aussie common name for big black Mymercias, we don't typically call them bull ants here) from Kangaroo Island, the big jet black ones there can grow truly gigantic, I saw quite a few that were probably pushing 4cm long (just under 2inch) and when my hand got swarmed one time from grabbing a log I didn't realise had a nest living inside the hollow portion... That felt like a dozen red hot needles and short knife blades being twisted around all through the inside of my left hand. And I'm left handed.. I was working as a cook at a resort on the island at the time and those stings left me mostly unable to use my good hand at work for over a week due to the swelling, and the itching was something else entirely!

[@icXINE]

Facts... I get bitten for fun here out in the bush... it's not even a 3/10 for pain

[@tomnolan4146]

I agree, i was bitten by Jumping Jacks a lot as a kid, playing in the bush in Victoria. I've also been bitten by an Inch Ant and that was far worse.

[@sandgroper4044]

I was stung by a bull ant when i was 20 years old .the sting site on my toe still plays up and i am 60 years old .These jack jumper ants are small compared to a bull ant in western Australia.

[@damianslad5633]

Got stung on the arse by a jellyfish once. I would advise against getting stung by one of those, I felt like I had been shot in the arse with a Tazer and that the trigger was being held for several hours 😂

[@legendsatlunch]

We called them Jumping Jacks, Been bitten by then heaps growing up. just like a bull ant sting. Had no idea they could be so bad.

[@johnwood441]

Everything I touch either bites stings or whatever a insect does I've had it done with no provocation by me. My grandma was teasing me about running from these red wasps and laughing. Saying they won't hurt you as long as you don't bother them. Within minutes she was screaming because one stung her on the eyelid. Yes I laughed.

[@afrog2666]

Glad you mention allergies, it`s a VERY important part of ranking stings and bites imo, as I have allergies myself and get extended swelling and redness, for example after a bee (or wasp, not sure, I didn`t actually see the little guy as it was resting on a doorhandle). Well after that, my pinky and 3 adjacent digits swole up, and I had redness and swelling almost up to my elbow, accompanied by slight dizzyness and arrhythmia and temporary loss of sensation in almost my entire hand. The pain was barely noticeable, probably because I though I was going to have a heart attack, sweating, dizzy et cetera.. This was in Norway btw, and our wildlife is NOT very potent.. Unless you meet an elk or something hehe, moose be moosin`..

[@AlanMichaelJackson]

Never heard of this ant. You're underappreciated man.

[@YochevedDesigns]

That poor ant was doing everything in it's power to get away from you!

[@timjohnun4297]

The bastards that stung me on a regular basis when I was at school didn't do anything in their power to get away from me lol

[@rogercroft3218]

I was surprised by that. When I’ve met them they’ve just attacked.

[@affiliateanimalistic9607]

How can people survive in Australia? In Finland we like to go and sit in ant hills naked but imagine in Australia 😮 Thank you Jack for not going sitting in ant hills in Australia 😂

[@iankirk9097]

When I was a boy I lived in South Belgrave. There are plenty of them there and we called them Jumping Jacks. I accidently disturbed a nest of them and was stung fortunately only once by one ant. But they were mean and jumping and looking for me. I likened the sting to a bull-ant about the same intensity.

[@philipmorris4843]

I’m a 67 year old Florida native and the ant here referred to as a Bull ant doesn’t come close to the Australian Bull Ant. They are found in rotting wood and I was bitten a couple of times and not that painful. Glad we don’t have those or Sydney Funnelwebbs here

[@YochevedDesigns]

But Florida is the Australia of the US!

[@Boozoobajou1]

Give it time.

[@IanM-id8or]

Good job on the Aussie accent there. I have an inch ant nest in my backyard - not jack jumpers, but still big ants with (as I can testify from personal experience) a painful sting. Thus far, they haven't killed me

[@AnnhilateTheNihilist]

They hurt, but they’re not that bad. Bullants are worse.

[@davidcarr2649]

This really plays down the pain levels. I live in Northern NSW Australia, and I have been bitten several times in my 56 years by large Bull-ants. The pain levels from them are quite intense, and hurt more than a bee-sting. A few months ago, I was at a friend's property who told me about the juicy ripe mangos over on that tree. I wasn't warned to avoid the Jumping Jack ants nest nearby, as it's not directly on route to the mangos, but I often don't stick with the direct routes. I had no shoes on and walked straight through their nest that was hidden in leaf litter. Within seconds, several had climbed aboard the intruder's feet to attack. The specimens were almost twice the size of the one in this video, and I received 4 serious bites and a few close calls as I defensively went crazy, brushing them off while leap-jumping away in the most intense pain. If I had dropped to the ground I pain close to the nest, instead of a safe distance away, they would have overwhelmed me inno time, and this could easily have finished me. I would do almost anything to not be bitten again, so Jack has either got off lightly, or that wasn't a real Jumping Jack. I can take him to their nest, so he can stand on it for bravery/foolishness purposes. They aren't going anywhere.

[@GettingSchwiftyy]

Watch some more of his videos. This guy is next level. He's not normal

[@GettingSchwiftyy]

You're probably talking about harpegnathos venator. Also called jumping jack ant

[@joeylowell293]

great video Jack, i have wondered how bad their sting was i would hate to get swarmed by them.

[@jasethesmiff5683]

I sat on a nest of jack jumpers in tassie. It hurt quite a bit but the itch later..... yikes

[@anml1969]

Hey Jack, do the Inland Taipan bite next.

[@MickAllen-n5w]

Play nice...

[@tylerhalloran9158]

I have never ever gone looking for bull ants but they sure as hell come looking for me… in their defence I’ve usually disturbed their nests accidentally. I have only been stung 5 times in my life time and still remember the pain like it was yesterday.

[@NiteWorXTV]

Got bitten by one when I was 8yo , mum said just rub some dirt in it and leave her in peace.

[@paulrummery6905]

Apparently they re-adjusted the insect pain scale to accommodate the bite pain of some of our ants.

[@thewitchdoctor8855]

They are called Jumping Jacks, who ever told you they were Jack jumpers was trying to stitch you up😂

[@kg6801]

Not at all, no one's trying to stitch him up, that's one of the handful of names they're called, but they're widely known as jack jumpers

[@topendgold9284]

Life of an Australian infantryman, lol. Been stung many times by all sorts of things. Bull ants included. Not sure which species. I got stung 11 times once after diving on a nest during an exercise, i can assure you, that multiple bites change things up a bit from a single one! Yep, the initial sting is bad, but dosnt last a long time, probably less than a few minutes, but the itching lasts for days!

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

I was pulling weeds one day at work and uncovered a nest and got stung on two fingers, it burns like shit! I had to run my fingers under the tap for a bit, but then of course, finish weeding that garden bed!

[@Lovetheducks]

I can’t wait for this. I grew up loving the bullet ant. Learning more about these jack jumpers many years ago made me love them at least as much as the bullet ant. There’s something with these guys they have a little personality to them.

[@danielcoastalgardeningexte7453]

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi

[@katherinekoza6536]

Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi .😊

[@KidnappingColor]

I stumbled upon Coyote first, I couldn't even get through one of his videos because of how much he overly reacts. It drove me mad. I am glad I found your channel. You don't overly react for views and act a fool. Thank you.

[@PrisPrivate]

Great video! excited to see further australian content! these bull ants are lovely little insects, this is a species i’ve not seen a video covering before so it was really cool to get to see them :)

[@jamesbeitia1353]

Thanks for another great video Jack. Looking forward to see what you have for us next week. Thanks Jack!

[@luke9911]

Wherever you get bitten the whole area turns hard. It’s quite strange.

[@TheMattC9999]

You're back in Australia? Does this mean we'll get a mouse spider bite video in the near future? 😁😋

[@MrMickthemonster]

He's crazy not stupid 😂

[@Robert_Shannon]

I got bitten by one of these last week. Sharp pain, but nothing like the inch (bull) ant. Those are on another level.

[@ahmonRa]

As an aussie.. it pains me greatly to see Jack Jumper......They are Jumping Jacks my god.

[@icXINE]

Bullet ants really.. or inch ants

[@CalCypress]

Nope down here in Tassie I've never heard that term used - our basketball team is even called the Jackjumpers

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

@@icXINE Nah, these are about half the size of Inch Ants, and Bullet Ants are a totally different genera that's not found in Australia.

[@timjohnun4297]

Clearly a Victorian lol

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

The Jumping Jack Ant is Myrmecia nigrocincta. The same size and potency, but orange and black. That's how it's been since I started being interested in the 80s. Jack Jumper -Myrmecia pilosula , Jumping Jack - Myrmecia nigrocincta. Common names change from place to place and even generation to generation, they mean very little really.

[@steveguestart3377]

Never heard a Jumping Jack called a Jack Jumper before. Might want to check that little piece of colloquial taxonomy. Great vid.

[@MickAllen-n5w]

Tasmania... they named a basketball team after them.

[@tomesplin4130]

Being bitten by jack jumpers is nearly a daily occurrence for me. I volunteer in native forest regeneration in Queensland and I’m in their territory. Each bite hurts like crazy. Ticks, spiders and snakes are additional hazards

[@johnoI9z]

I always wonder how stings like this compare to things I've been stung by. I have really only felt honeybee/yellowjacket/bald faced hornet stings so it's interesting to imagine how much worse this or a bullet ant sting would be.

[@afrog2666]

For me, probably cardiac arrest..

[@LuRuello]

My wife was stung 5 times by a jack jumper ant and she was sick for 3 days. Her arm was swollen up to the lymph node and felt like wood. Oral medication was prescribed.

[@burner8126]

Non confrontational? Rubbish. They suck. That was the most docile one I've seen. What state are you in? They are nasty, aggressive little buggers. They come after you if you are anywhere near them.

[@michaeledwards5954]

The sticky white sap found inside the bracken fern root nullifies the bite pretty quickly.

[@imperialzavala7810]

Beautiful lil Jack Jumper Jack. Thank you for sharing with us. 🙏🏻

[@Mamsy3]

I am guessing you might have a higher tolerance for this kind of thing than the average person. However, I appreciate you showing the true consequences of these bites/stings and not writhing on the ground like you just had your arm cut off..... not pointing fingers...just sayin. Also, I still think you're nuts. 😆

[@alexbryer7892]

I was about to make this comment. This is the first video of Jack's I've seen and I appreciated that his reaction seemed honest, and that he's not hamming it up for the camera. Just pure documentation and a recounting of his experience.

[@Lovetheducks]

I’ll be honest I wasn’t expecting that. I really thought its sting would have legs. No matter it’s still such a cool ant.

[@tonyhyde2644]

i got stung once on the end of my finger by a blue bottle, it looks like a massive ant but i think its actually more like a wasp of sorts and it felt i got hit with an electric slege hammer....my finger tip is now permanently partialy numb

[@karlhoward2737]

Just back from a holiday in Southern Tassie…..saw a nest half way up Mt Wellington just above Hobart, clever ants turning over black stones to little white ones as a form of heat control….saw many working away….felt safe….just kept distance…also on this little pathway, a number of Funnel Web Spider holes….further South down at Tahune , saw a number of Jack Jumpers along a main forested pathway….actually saw a few killing their prey, managed to video them….amazing….sadly no sign of any Tiger Snakes, bar a beauty at Bonogong Sanctuary, stunning black colour….what a wonderful place Tassie is….just some 45 hours of travel for myself and wife….I will return to the North down the line for sure.

[@GarryMercer-tq5uo]

in NSW we call it the black bull joe. There is a much worse ant, the red bull joe which is 50% bigger more aggressive with a worse sting. My sister when she was 6 years old slid down a hill on her bottom through a nest of them and got bitten 23 times, we took her to hospital but she was OK, I think to die you have to be allergic to their bite

[@smitajky]

I was bitten by what I believe was one of these. I went inside and lay down. I had that sense that things were not going well. I connected up the blood pressure monitor. The sting didn't hurt all that much. But ten minutes later I got that metallic taste in my mouth. THAT had happened once before and things got very nasty. Anyway this time a minute after that metallic taste the blood pressure started to fall. Within two minutes it had fallen to under 70/40. Gradually I recovered. An hour later I was back to normal.

[@lukebaker1167]

They are deadly, if u have a reaction, which I do. Must have an EpiPen

[@chrisschonhoff475]

Great content and always a fun and entertaining watch.

[@DrFelonious]

I've been stung by the little bastards 4 or 5 times over the years. Initially hurts like hell, then calms down to an intense burn/itch for 7_10 days.

[@timdude2368]

Japanese giant hornet sting next

[@nmon9402]

13yo I got stung by 40+ jumping jacks an ended up in hospital

[@hdconley]

Grew up on King Island in Bass Strait Tassie and got nailed by these little pricks many times as did my brothers and mates. Didn’t ever hear of anyone getting sick etc. Didn’t know they had potential to do serious harm until many years later.

[@DinoPwn]

for real?? KZbin ad restricts bite/sting videos? That's so lame. Thanks for taking on the sting/pain train again for us though :)

[@HBC423]

I’m getting ads

[@luke9911]

Yet they have full footage of the festival massacre! People being executed.

[@applex-lj8fv1lj9z]

I searched this video because I just got stung in my hip and it didn't hurt that much but got swollen .

[@toxicdragon323]

Jack meets Jack Jumper. Talk about a twist!

[@jc-qd6be]

i got nest all over my property , been stung many times ..hurts really bad , wouldnt wont to bit by heaps of them all at once .

[@Tears_Of_Bl00d]

7:38 the moment jack gets jumped

[@YunxiaoChu]

If you are still in oz try getting stung by a reed bee Never seen anything on how bad their sting is

[@Matt-dg6ue]

Jack > Coyote Peterson

[@TheMattC9999]

Absolutely 💯.

[@DiamondCake2]

Is that the guy that rolls on the floor like a bafoon when he gets stung?

[@jamesbeitia1353]

@DiamondCake2 Yes, l think he just tries to pretend it hurts more than it actually does.

[@heinz57channel39]

Different people also coyote has horrible allergic reactions swelling and pain . Everyone is different

[@needmoreboost6369]

I live with large colonies of these ants around the property and they demand respect! I’m not joking when I say that they are intelligent ! To the point where i ended up making a truce with them! Ignoring their dominance of the land could put you on a table pretty quickly. Leaving them alone is the best thing to do! I personally don’t have a strong reaction to their bites but have seen people hospitalized!

[@pyramo3170]

I absolutely love these more "primitive" ants. They're fun to watch! I'm glad that the sting, while potent, isn't being oversold. Even as a young, special child watching National Geographic instead of cartoons, I had heard about these being deadly and extremely dangerous, etc. Crazy how those kinds of things can form powerful perspectives that take over a decade to be debunked!

[@nevilleburley8760]

These as well as bull ants were very common at my old primary school at Longford near Sale Victoria Australia. They were just something we learned from a young age you definitely don't play with. We also had another type we called the Sugar ant and they would give you a decent whallop of a sting as well. Glad its you not me is all I can say 😄 In my opinion bull ants are more dangerous as they are more aggressive.

[@s7k6s]

walk 20 feet and you'll find them. They are everywhere

[@Lee-sti8wrx]

You are a tough dude. Everyone screams. Good job my dude.

[@dercoon7097]

We need a Jwow Sting Index❤

[@gregamos8793]

I just love your content! Stings and bites not needed.

[@BillCoz]

Jack, good luck catching a Jack jumper, cuz they can jump clean over any Jack.

[@prototropo]

Please be careful, Jack. You're too cute to die for KZbin.

[@Madcow7777]

Hi jack you should take your ring off. My friend got stung one of those had an allergic reaction, ring had to be cut off because hand swelled up so bad. Prevention is better than cure

[@Williamtheepicgamer]

Dang I just got bit by a ant for the first time and this was the ant :/

[@needmoreboost6369]

The black ones aren’t so nasty how about the green ones or the the giant red ones over 40mm long

[@Kamall_Yahya]

.I've been wondering who has better pain tolerance between Jack vs Dingo Berry...

[@TicTac824]

Me and my 2 boys were all stung by them as we were sitting to close to their nest’ not that bad to be honest, pain only lasted about 10-15 mins I reckon 👍🏻

[@NonLegitNation2]

it's crazy to think something so tiny and cute looking can kill you.

[@phillipadoran9341]

Wow jack thats the most pain ive seen you in😊

[@WatchDanReviews]

You the best Jack! Keep it up bro!

[@sunbear76re]

Heck yea, love you bro!! Hope all is well and thanks for another video!!

[@jimthomefan50025]

Jack's - have you tried fire ants?

[@Rivalry.79]

I have a nest of these ants in my backyard and lived with them for 15 years.If you don’t bother them they won’t bother you.

[@IanM-id8or]

After an hour or so the pain will diminish to pretty much nothing. Then tomorrow, the "ant superpowers" kick in. Jack will get the superpowers of swelling and *pain* - ok, not the kind of superpowers you can use to fight a villain. That will last for about 4 days. I'm just going by personal experience with the nest of inch ants in my backyard. I've learned to be wary around their nest

[@patrickrood9865]

Great video!

[@barry7608]

Well I’m not sure about the species but I’ve been stung and bitten by the large black bull ant like the one in this episode and the even larger red bull ant along with the ‘angry jumping red bull ant’ which is a little smaller overall. My friends and I were all stung by the first 2 on many occasions. And since moving to this location, I’ve been stung many time by the latter which have 4 active nests on my 2750 sq m block.I would like you to substantiate the ‘4 confirmed’ deaths but may be allergic reactions have been involved. I have never seen allergic reactions in any friends stung in 60 years. Anyway take care.

[@jayderunelore2617]

Yeah I've been done by a Jack Jumper on the foot here in Qld while i was on the phone and it pulled all sorts of words out of my mouth I hadn't used since youth, out of all the bites/stings ive had working outdoors n bush over the years that was easy the most painful, like fire crawling up inside my leg

[@ilovehmetal]

I want to see you go annoy a nest of paper wasps 😂

[@albondinga6479]

have you done a Gympie Singer tree leaf yet?

[@RichardBlackburn-b5k]

Extremely aggressive ant if you are anywhere near their nest they will attack. If you disturb the nest 100's will come swarming out in a frenzied attack. When walking through dense bush you have to carefully watch where you are going so you don't accidentally step on a nest or a snake. Bullants also, but most species of bullants aren't as aggressive as jumping jacks.

[@MrDDREXLER]

That's tiny... go Canberra Woden n belconnen.

[@theoteddy9665]

my aunt was stinky also...so there you go..

[@yogidemis8513]

Don't worry, I'm not gonna reproduce or try any of this this at home or anywhere else!

[@Tight--LiNeZ]

Awww crap. You said woof. Now i'm all douched out.

[@bernardjackson7119]

It's a lovely place to live but you sure have to be careful where you walk or swim. Shopping list for you Top 30 Deadly Animals that live in Australia 1. Box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) Danger rating: 9/10 2. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) 3. Irukandji (Carukia barnesi) Danger rating: 8/10 4. Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) 5. Eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) 6. Saltwater or estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) 7. Sydney funnel web spider (Atrax robustus) Danger rating: 7/10 8. Blue-ringed octopus (Genus Hapalochlaena) 9. Coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) 10.Common death adder (Acanthopis antarticus) 11. Cone shells (Conus sp.) 12. Dugite or spotted brown snake (Pseudonaja affinis) 13. Mulga snake (Pseudechis australis) 14. Red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) 15. Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) 16. Tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) 17. Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) 18. Yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platurus) Danger rating: 6/10 19. Bluebottle (Physalia physalis) 20. Common lionfish (Pterois volitans) 21. Collett’s snake (Pseudechis colletti) 22. Highland copperhead (Austrelaps ramsayi) 23. Inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) 24. Redback spider (Lactodectus hasselti) 25. Reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) 26. Smooth toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) 27. Blue-bellied black snake (Pseudechis guttatus) Danger rating: 5/10 28. Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) 29. Bull ant (Myrmercia pilosula) 30. Giant centipede (Ethmostigmus rubripes)

[@MrBrenden830]

I have been nail by a black bull ant a red bull ant and a jumping jack. Infact I was stung by a jumping jacks over 10 times when I was 4 at once up both legs. Anyway Jack are worse but saying that don't get stung by a Bull ant any of them they hurt like hell and you will never forget it. To add I don't know why you think they are passive. They are aggressive a hell they will jump on you if you walk past and nail you.