Rare species of Dracula ant snaps up record for world's fastest animal movement

The cheetah probably comes to mind first when you think of fast animals, but the records for fastest individual movements are far stranger. Mystrium camillae, a rare species of Dracula ant found in Southeast Asia and Australia, has now snapped up the crown for fastest animal movement on record, clicking its mandibles at blistering speeds that can stun prey.

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Category: Biology

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• Animals
• Ants
• Insect
• University of Illinois
• World's Fastest

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