This Tiny Ant Uses Its Jaws To Catapult Itself Through The Air
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The tropical trap-jaw ant possesses one of the fastest recorded biological movements in the animal kingdom. Beyond striking prey, these insects snap their powerful mandibles against the ground to catapult themselves out of harm's way.