Trap-jaw ants are so powerful they should implode — here's their secret - Inverse

In a new study, biologists found that the insects evolved jaws that simultaneously push and pull together with remarkable force.

Trap-jaw ants can slam their jaws together with extraordinary speed, with the tips of their mandibles racing at up to roughly 120 miles per hour. How they could perform such attacks, repeatedly, wi… [+5126 chars]

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