Thursday, 21 August 2008
Trap-Jaw Ants
Trap-jaw ants (Odontomachus) bite with a force of over 300 times their own bodyweight. Their jaws spring shut at more than 62 mph - the fastest recorded speed at which an animal can move its predatory body parts.
(via
The Denver Egotist
)
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