Ants have set the speed record! Videos included!

According Newscientist found that the jaw of one ant species, Odontomachus bauri, can move surprisingly fast - they were slammed at a speed of 35-64 m / sec, ie, around 2300 times faster than a blink of the human eye.

As pointed out by Sheila Patek (Sheila Patek) from the University of California at Berkeley, is the fastest movement recorded in the animal world. The previous record belonged to one species of predatory shrimp, capable of attacking the victim hit the claw moving at a speed of about 23 m / sec.

23 August 2006 | rate, record, type

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