According to a doctor in Dong Da, Vietnam, a man came to the hospital with severe pain in his ear on Tuesday (August 16).

The man said something had entered his ear canal while he was sitting and it was biting his ear causing him great pain.

The doctor quickly examined and discovered that a fire ant was poisonous and had deep bites that were crawling in the ear canal and attacking the man's eardrum.

The doctor then used salt water to stop the ant from attacking and sucked the ant out of the man's ear.

The doctor said the ant venom would cause the man's ear canal to become inflamed and would take several days to heal.

The ant's motives are unknown.

This footage was filmed with the patient's permission

Video captured the moment a poisonous ant is attacking a man's eardrum in Ha Noi, Vietnam.
According to the doctor, the man came to the hospital with severe pain in his ear. The man said an animal had entered his ear canal while he was sitting and it was biting his ear causing him great pain.
The doctor quickly examined and discovered that a fire ant was poisonous and had deep bites that were crawling in the ear canal and attacking the man's eardrum.
The doctor then used salt water to stop the ant from attacking and sucked the ant out of the man's ear.
The man said he was surprised when he saw the poisonous ant. He said the ant had bitten his ear canal a lot and caused him a lot of pain.
The doctor said the ant venom would cause the man's ear canal to become inflamed and would take several days to heal.
Perhaps the ant thought the man's ear canal was a burrow and could make a nest.

This footage was filmed with the patient's permission