Ant-Dracula has set a record for speed bite
He moves mandibles with a speed of 320 km per hour.
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Biologists have found that tiny tropical ant Adetomyrma venatrix, also known as ant-Dracula, has the fastest jaw on the Ground.
Mandibles of an insect moving with a speed of 320 km per hour, when the insect catches and bites the victim. This is 5000 times faster than the blink of an eye.
Dracula ant is named ‘world’s fastest animal’ for its 200mph mandibles https://t.co/suRuf5ZDCJ
— mrscog (@mrscog58) 12 December 2018.
Their findings the researchers published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
Lives Adetomyrma venatrix of Madagascar. He is on the verge of extinction and included in the various security lists. The appearance was opened in 1994. Ants reach 3-4 mm in length. Color brown males yellow and females are yellow-orange. Interestingly, worker ants have no eyes.
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My super speed ants use to stun the enemy and protect the anthill. Prostrate victim of insects taken to the nest where the prey eaten by larvae.
Nickname Dracula ants was due to the peculiar way of eating. They bite through their larvae and feed on their hemolymph, sucking not more than you need. The larva remains alive.
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