-Tattoos and piercings hurt worse.
-Wasp and bee stings hurt worse.

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-Puppy teeth and cat claws hurt worse.
Back when I got my first ink, I was scared to death. I'm a recovering needle-phobic and someone told me a tattoo is like a prolonged bee sting. GOD I HATE BEE STINGS, they hurt BAD, so I was scared to death.

Now I'm addicted to tattooing and can't even come close to affording all the ink I want, it doesn't hurt hardly at all unless you get certain sting-y colours.

Wasps and bees hurt WAY worse than tattoos, most piercings, and on par with large dog bites.

I work in a grooming salon. I work with dogs. I've been ripped up plenty by dogs that physically outweigh me. I was attacked very viciously a few months ago...a massive black Lab (yeah you read that right, I'll groom a DOZEN UNKNOWN PIT BULLS rather than do a single freaking Labrador. SERIOUSLY. Four of five bites I get are LABS. Chew on THAT, supporters of breed-based legislation!) grabbed my right arm in his mouth, bit down HARD, held on and shook me like a rag doll. I'm a smallish fellow, he was almost as heavy as I, and he tore me up...smashed me into a wall a few times...it was ugly.

Me gladly admitting I'd rather get tagged by every snake I own before getting bit by a puppy has helped some of my co-workers overcome their fear of snakes. Heck, I'd take getting bit in the face by my biggest Ball over being bit by an eight-week-old Lab puppy.

Long story short, the suprise and shock ("OMG, I GOT TAGGED!!!!") of being bit by a python is a lot worse than the actual pain.