Caption
Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) which has the fastest self-powered predatory strike in the animal kingdom (35 to 64 meters per second, or 78 to 145 miles per hour ) and with a stunning acceleration which is 100,000x the force of gravity. Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru.
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