This has to be one of the oddest (and strangely mesmerizing) things on the net: ants flying through the air in extreme slow motion propelled by the rapid closing of their jaws. All set to a very peculiar sound track.
(via Arbroath)
Trap-Jaw Ants
Jul 22, ’08
8:35 AM
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6 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.That is seriously the coolest thing i’ve seen all week.
I just checked the wikipedia page on these little bastards, and it says they hold the world record for “fastest bodypart.” Their jaws close at 145 miles per hour (233 kmph) and exert a force over 300 times their bodyweight.
But the main point is that the title “fastest bodypart” exists.
David Lynch meets David Attenborough.
Justin, if like me you sought the wikipedia page entitled, “Trap-Jaw Ants,” then i feel validated for having put forth the effort yesterday to make the redirect page to Odontomachus.
Those little fuckers will take over the world sometime very soon.
I believe what we just witnessed is their equivalent of the NASA Space Program. Once they’re up to full fitness – they’re coming to get us.
Superb clip.
This got me on a wiki tangent of looking up Ant Lions (or Doodlebug for those in some parts) – which it turns out are actually larva for a damsel fly type insect. I always thought they were just a predator bug like a spider.