True Facts: Trap Jaw Ants
SUBSCRIBE TO ANTLAB: True Facts Tshirts: CREDITS: Thank you to Dr. Adrian Smith Most of the footage in this video is from Dr. Smith s YouTube channel. He has all sorts of wonderful content there, and does a much more thorough job in explaining all of the science behind his work. Thank you to Dr. Alex Wild Please look at Dr. Wild s incredible collection of photos: Thank you Dr. Fred Larabee, Josh C. Gibson and DR. Eduardo Fox for their amazing footage. Research: Booher DB, Gibson JC, Liu C, Longino JT, Fisher BL, Janda M, et al. 2021. Functional innovation promotes diversification of form in the evolution of an ultrafast trapjaw mechanism in ants. PLoS Biol 19(3): e3001031. FOX, SMITH, A. A., GIBSON, J. C. SOLIS, D. R. 2017: Larvae of trapjaw ants, Odontomachus LATREILLE, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): morphology and biological notes. Myrmecological
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