Sting

For the police operation, please see sting (law enforcement).

A sting was a type of puncture wound caused by a stinger.

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In 2268, it was postulated by Lieutenant Commander Spock that unmanned probes sent to the space amoeba's zone of darkness had stung it, which reflexively caused turbulence to the USS Enterprise. (TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome")

While pretending to be a swarm of bees along with the other surviving children of the Starnes Exploration Party, Mary Janowski playfully threatened to sting James T. Kirk. (TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead")

The parable of the scorpion and the fox told the story of a scorpion, attempting to cross a river, asked to ride on the fox's back as he swam across. The fox was reluctant, because if the scorpion stung him he would drown. The scorpion pointed out that if he did sting the fox, they would both drown. The fox finally agreed. Halfway across the river, the scorpion stung the fox. As the poison filled his veins, the fox asked the scorpion why he'd done that. The scorpion said, "I couldn't help it. It's in my nature." (VOY: "Scorpion")