Holy crap, this ant’s jaws are like a freaking bear trap

Everyone , these are maw - jaw ants . The two feature here are fighting . Watch them closely – even in slow motion , the the spring - load picnic of a hole - jaw ’s maw is powerful enough to send both ants twirl in opposite direction in the blink of an eye .

The video was created by ant guyAdrian Smith , and come to our attending by way ofAlex Wild(another ant guy , who runsa blog called Myrmecos that you should really check out ) . Writes Smith onthe Ant Farm and Myrmecology Forumto which the telecasting was first posted :

I ’ve had a video of mine make it up in this forum before … so I consider I would take the initiative to stake a new one that I made and am especially proud of . The video is of non - nestmate aggression . It is filmed at 600 frames per second and playback is at 15 . I bring to the dramatic play by including a soundtrack , so you’re able to listen while you watch .

Like we said before : even slow down down , it ’s hard to see what ’s going on here . That ’s because the lying in wait - jaw ant in the foreground has clamped its mandibles shut somewhere in the reach of 35 to 64 meters per 2d ( ~78–145 miles per hour ) . The middling duration of a trap - jaw clamp is just 0.13 milliseconds , make it among the firm predatory tap in the animal realm .

In 2006 , a team result by UC Berkeley life scientist Sheila Patek used high - speed videography to settle thata trap - jaw ’s submaxilla can accelerate at 100,000 sentence the force-out of gravity , and maintain a military force powerful enough to send its body soaring through the melody in a defensive manoeuvre known as an “ escape cock saltation ” ( seen above ) . Below is another instance of a different evasive maneuver ( call a “ leaping defence jump ” ) with a more horizontal flight , from the same subject field :

[ Adrian SmithviaMyrmecos ]

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