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The Sting of the Wild

Justin O. Schmidt

The “King of Sting” describes his adventures with insects and the pain scale that’s made him a scientific celebrity. Silver, Science (Adult Non-Fiction) Foreword INDIES Award 2017

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The MeatEater Podcast

The podcast host mentions reading the author's book, which details his research on insect stings, including the Schmidt Pain Index. The book was referenced multiple times during the discussion of the pain and chemistry of various insect stings.

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I had just read your book, The Sting of the Wild.

— Episode: Ep. 208: Dr. Justin Schmidt on Why It Hu...

Episode: Ep. 208: Dr. Justin Schmidt on Why It Hurts So Bad

The podcast host mentions reading the author's book, which details his research on insect stings, including the Schmidt Pain Index. The book was referenced multiple times during the discussion of the pain and chemistry of various insect stings.

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I had just read your book, The Sting of the Wild.

I was asking you about where did it begin? Where did the ability to wallop someone with a nasty sting begin? And you were getting into explaining that here's a bug and it had an ovipositor.

You got into this in your book a little bit, and it's a thing that's kind of puzzling to me.

It's The Sting of the Wild, The Story of the Man Who Got Stung for Science.

You mentioned in your book.

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