When Smaller Animals Attack?

[quentinc]

This weekend, a kit fox stole my athlete foot's lotion on Santa Cruz Island.

[rlown]

A few years ago I was hiking a good distance behind my friend and he must've stirred up a few yellowjackets. I forgot my hiking pants so I work clingy exercise shorts with leg warmers that were in my bag. The yellowjackets attacked my butt cheek and back of my calf. I had never been stung before, and because it was so painful I was worried that a stinger was still there and didn't want the material to push it in. I made my friend look for the stinger. He's normally not shy, but got shy about it. We still laugh about it. I hiked out another 2.5 mi and it felt like it was sticking me with every step.

Yellowjackets don't have barbed stingers, so they're unlikely to leave a stinger in you. Bees on the other hand, have barbed stingers, and that's why they die when they sting.

If you're allergic, see the doc for an epi-pen, or other substitute.