VIDEO Trap-Jaw Ants Rare Ability to Jump Forward

Trap-Jaw Ants have a rare ability to jump forward, researchers discovered. Only three of 326 ant genera are known to jump. It is unclear how the ants perform the movement, though they do not use their large jaws, biologist Magdalena Sorger told The New York Times.

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Read more of the research: “Trap-jaw ants in Borneo also jump using their legs,” in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.