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Odontomachus bauri

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Odontomachus bauri
The photographer and www.AntWeb.org / CC BY 4.0 · resizedfile
Trap-jaw ant A strike from its jaws can fling the ant itself into the air. High-speed footage showed it using the same snap for two different jumps. Pointing the jaws toward the ground sends the ant upward in an escape jump. A strike against a hard object can send it much farther sideways.
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