Dracula ant sets fastest animal record

According to a new study, the Dracula ant, Mystrium camillae, can snap its mandibles at speeds of up to 90 meters per second, making it the fastest creature movement on record. Unlike trap-jaw ants, whose powerful jaws snap close from an open position, Dracula ants power up their mandibles by pressing the tips together, spring-loading them with internal stresses that are released when one mandible slides across the other, similar to a human finger snap, researchers said.