They have a unique set of powerful, spring-loaded mandibles that can be snapped closed at extremely high speeds (207 feet or 63 meters per second), which is 2300 times faster than the blink of an eye. For more info about trap jaw ant, checkout this video : www.youtube.com/shorts/1bHYGuFAKZw
2 years ago | 87
I live in Costa Rica and let me tell you guys, the snap from their jaws its amazing, it sounds like a toothpick snapping in half dude!! Amazing ants for sure!!!
2 years ago | 149
I was bitted by those ants lot of times when I was playing in our garden in my childhood 😂 It was painful than a syringe😂 In our language we call them යක් කඩි (demon ants
2 years ago | 37
I can't imagine if we have an apocalypse with this ant but in a human sized scale.
2 years ago | 70
I thought I got over my childhood fear of touching pictures of insects but I had a very hard time swiping through these shots 😂😂
2 years ago | 174
This ant is like: “run or I will get you”😂 Impressive jaws and animal specie
2 years ago | 26
Some people will actually use their jaws as stitches. They have the ants bite the open wound and then pop the head off the body so that it keeps the wound closed until it heals.
2 years ago | 25
Fun fact: they can snap their jaws directly on the ground which will send their whole body flying. They sometimes use this trick to escape antlion larva.
2 years ago | 4
Tem aqui no meu quintal chamo elas de tektek pois batem as pressas muito rápido fazendo esse som tek tek, são pacíficas só n mecha nelas!
2 years ago | 8
As ZeFrank once said: "Until they found a Termite that does the same thing but a little faster".
2 years ago | 5
Their jaws actually have so much force that they can launch themselves out of antlion pits just by closing their jaw into the ground.
2 years ago | 2
I see so many of these in my back yard. If you tease one with a stick it'll use it's mandibles to snap itself away really quickly, sometimes launching itself a few inches high.
2 years ago | 0
I was playing around with a carpenter ant carrying its dead buddy in childhood and it latched onto my hand so freaking hard that I still remember the pain. Cant imagine what this jaw would do to a finger
2 years ago | 4
Who decided to give the ant with the most powerful bite, a stinger too???
2 years ago | 10
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Meet Trap Jaw Ant. The Fastest Jaw In Nature.
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