Kings of Pain

Kings of Pain is an American television series which airs on History. The show features Adam Thorn, a wildlife biologist, and Rob "Caveman" Alleva, an animal handler. In the show, they attempt to get stung and bitten by animals and insects from different parts of the world, in order to measure the amount of pain they each receive from each bite or sting.[1]

Kings of Pain
StarringAdam Thorn
Rob Alleva
Narrated byJim Pratt
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producersDavid Carr
Ben Silverman
Howard Owens
Laurie Girion
Brett-Patrick Jenkins
J.D. Roth
Adam Greener
ProducersIsabel San Vargas
Lucy Savage
Production locationWorldwide
Production companyPropagate
DistributorA&E Television Networks
Release
Original networkHistory
Original releaseNovember 12, 2019 (2019-11-12) –
January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)
External links
Website

Concept

Inspired by the Schmidt Pain Index, biologist Adam Thorn and handler Rob "Caveman" Alleva test the bites and stings of animals with a new 30 point scale within 3 categories: intensity of initial physical pain, the duration of the pain, and the after effects or "damage". The scores from the three are rated from1-10 (10 being worst) and then added together and averaged out.[2]

The animal is then ranked among the scale using the honeybee sting as the baseline. Along with creatures from the Schmidt Pain Index, animals from other categories such as reptiles and marine animals are also tested. In addition to testing the bites and stings of animals, Thorn and Alleva have started another pain index which they call the "nature hurts" pain index, which is intended to measure the pain from hot peppers. (The show was concluded in October 2020)

Episodes
EpisodeSpeciesLocationNotes:
1. "Nightmare in a Box"Executioner wasp, warrior wasp, and goliath bird-eating tarantulaBolivia[3]
2. "Stinging Punishment"Bark scorpion, uroplectes scorpion and lion fishSouth Africa[3]
3. "Fairy of Death"Harvester ants, tarantula hawk and crown-of-thorns starfishMexico[3]
4. "World of Hurt"Nile monitor lizard and the velvet antAfrica[3]
5. "Point of the Dead"Toe biter and the scorpionfishBaja[3]
6. "Fire Down Below"Fire urchin and the rove beetleBali[3]
7. "Big Box of Pain"Bullet ant and piranhaAmazon[3]
8. "Execution Day"Giant asian centipede and reticulated pythonIndonesia[3]
9. "Behind the Bites"Tokay Gecko, Slow Loris Bolivian Tarantula Hawk and Hot Pepper ChallengeN/A[3]

Pain scale
EpisodeSpecies Intensity Duration DamageOverall Pain scale
1.Executioner wasp 6.5 3.5 4.514.5
1.Warrior wasp N/A (no pain occurred) N/A (no pain occurred) N/A (no pain occurred) N/A (no pain occurred)
1.Goliath bird-eating tarantula 4.5 5 614
2.Bark scorpion 4 2.5 28.5
2.Uroplectes scorpion 7 3.5 212.5
2.Lion fish 6.75 7.5 418.25
3.Harvester ants 8 7.5 520.5
3.Tarantula hawk 8 2.5 5.516
3.Crown-of-thorns starfish 7 6 6.519.5
4.Nile monitor lizard 6.5 6 517.5
4.Velvet ant 8 3.25 213.25
5.Toe biter 5 4.5 2.512
5.Scorpionfish 7.5 5.5 7.520.5
6.Fire urchin 5.5 5.25 5.516.25
6.Rove beetle 5.5 7 8.521
7.Bullet ant 6.25 7.5 3.517.25
7.Piranha 5 1.5 4.511
8.Giant asian centipede 9.25 9 523.25
8.Reticulated python 9.25 7 9.525.75
9.Tokay Gecko N/A (Not ranked) N/A (Not ranked) N/A (Not ranked)N/A (Not ranked)
9.Bolivian Tarantula Hawk N/A (Not ranked) N/A (Not ranked) N/A (Not ranked)N/A (Not ranked)
9.Slow Loris N/A (Not ranked) N/A (Not ranked) N/A (Not ranked)N/A (Not ranked)

References
  1. "Kings of Pain – About". History.
  2. "Is Kings of Pain science or stupidity? An interview with a History Channel executive". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. "Kings of Pain". Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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