The Fastest Muscle Movement in the World

This is too fast for our eye. The soldiers of a lowly termite, Termes panamensis, snap their jaws at a speed that bypasses any other muscle-powered movement of any species.Marc Seid and Jeremy Niven of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama revealed that termites reac... [ read more >> ]

Termite soldier head, jaws are down left

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Termite soldier head, jaws are down left