Trap-Jaw Ants Show Rare Jumping Ability | Video

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 08:10 in Biology & Nature

The Odontomachus rixosus have been caught on camera doing something ants rarely do, jump. What makes this find even more unusual is that fact that the trap-jaw ants are using their legs to jump, not their powerful mandibles.

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