猛蚁

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猛蚁

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1

研究者们注意到，大齿猛蚁有时会利用它那壮硕无比的下颌把自己弹向高空。

Researchers had noted that the ants would sometimes flick themselves into the air with their incredibly strong mandibles .
2

大齿猛蚁下颌的咬合力极强，其上下颌闭合速度可达40米/秒（90英里/时）。

Trap-jaw ants have shears for mandibles and can snap them at 40 meters per second ( 90 mph ) .
3

此外，当落入陷阱的大齿猛蚁的下颚被黏住时，它们仅有一半的机会能够避免成为其他生物的“盘中餐”。

Furthermore , the ants that had their jaws glued together were only half as likely to escape their fate as dinner .
4

可以肯定的是，大齿猛蚁有时也会落入沙土陷阱，而它们的下颌则有助于帮其脱离险境。

Sure enough , trap-jaw ants that were at risk of sinking into the sand sometimes used their mandibles to propel themselves away from danger .