Coyote Peterson Gets Attacked By Jumping Cacti While Pursuing the Painful Sting of a Tarantula Hawk

While the adventurously masochistic Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness was off in the Arizona desert looking for a tarantula hawk to sting him, he found himself getting stung instead by the barbed spines of jumping teddy bear cholla balls after accidentally falling into a ravine. The wasp was caught, but the excruciating pain of its stinger would have to wait for the cacti needles to be removed from Peterson’s skin.

In this segment of On Location, Coyote takes an extreme fall and lands right in a Cholla Cactus! As if catching a Tarantula Hawk, which has the second most painful sting in the world, wasn’t dangerous enough leave it to Coyote to run after one in a minefield full of jumping cactus! YIKES! Well it goes without saying that dodging all of the cacti didn’t exactly happen on this adventure… Get ready to witness one of the WORST cactus attacks you’ve ever seen!

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.