Watched this nature documentary on the Amazon, and they showed the story of this indigenous tribe that collects these unique ants that have the most powerful sting in the world - they said each sting feels like a gunshot! - sedates them, and inserts dozens of them into these woven mittens. As a rite of passage, the boys of the tribe have to wear these mittens for 24 hours and endure the unspeakable pain.
Just struck me that 1) in this country you can't even spank a kid now without CPS possibly taking your child from you, and 2) so many people of a certain persuasion believe that indigenous people are so pure, perfect, and superior to our culture in every way.