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Red Weaver Ants or Kerengga or Wong Mamah
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FIRE ANTS ARE DANGEROUS
Canada.com
Two alleged thieves nearly tortured to death with fire ants in Bolivian Amazon
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian authorities say Amazon villagers nearly killed two young men with venomous ants, tying them to a tree swarming with the insects for allegedly stealing three motorcycles.
Dr. Roberto Paz told reporters Monday in Cochabamba that one of the men remained in intensive care while the other had required dialysis for kidney failure.
The venomous ants, of the pseudomyrmex triplarinus species, live in symbiosis with the triplaris tree variety. Their venom has anti-inflammatory properties and is used a traditional cure for arthritis.
A sister of one of the men told Radio Fides that villagers in Ayopaya held the two men, ages 18 and 19, for nearly three days, freeing them Saturday after relatives paid $3,700 as compensation for the motorcycles.
Otherwise, she said, the two would have been killed.
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USA Today
12-year-old football player dies after ant bites
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died after apparently having a severe allergic reaction to ant bites he suffered while warming up during halftime of a South Texas middle school football game, officials confirmed Tuesday.
Cameron Espinosa died days after being bitten multiple times by fire ants, officials said. The boy used a water bottle to try to flush away the ants Sept. 11 before eventually losing consciousness, said Lorette Williams, spokeswoman for the Corpus Christi Independent School District.
While medics are assigned to high school varsity football games in Texas, that is not the case with middle school games, Williams said. However, coaches are trained in first-aid and use of CPR and a defibrillator, she said. A defibrillator was used on Cameron at the field before he was taken to the hospital by ambulance, she said.
The eighth-grader at Paul R. Haas Middle School remained hospitalized in critical condition until his death Monday, Williams said.
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