[LEPS-L:7976] Re: Something else occured to me.

[jandwdic at postoffice.swbell.net]

   Yes, I would like to know more about this ant.






jandwdic at postoffice.swbell.net wrote:

>    Thank you for your response. I am continually amazed at the promptness and
> erudition of the responces on this newsgroup. It is a pleasant change from what
> I am used to.
>    If you are inclined to do so, I would love to see more information on this
> subject.
>
> "Chris J. Durden" wrote:
>
> > At 11:30  22/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Listers,
> > >
> > > I think it was a tributary of
> > >> the Amazon, but I can't remember for sure.
> > >>    Anyway, two of his men got stung by something fierce. They were
> > >>    virtually
> > >> incapacitated by it. If I remember right, they never figured out what
> > >> had stung them. That's exactly what happens with most asp stings
> > >> because it takes a few moments for it to start stinging. Chances are
> > >> if you are walking you will never see what stung  you.
> > >
> > ------  The river was later named "Roosevelt". It is a tributary of the
> > Aripuana, a tributary of the Madeira, a tributary of the Amazonas. It rises
> > in Rondonia, flows through western Mato Grosso, into the state of Amazonas.
> >   In 1989 I was stung while in the forest along the Cachoeira, about 150
> > miles west of the Roosevelt. It was quite painful initially and lingered
> > for days. The surrounding 4 square inches of skin still is numb. It was a
> > large black ant. If anyone is interested I can scan the transparency and
> > attach it to a private e-mail. Others on the trip clamed their encounters
> > were more painful and debilitating. I suspect this may be the stinger of
> > the Roosevelt trip.
> > ........Chris Durden
> >
> >
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