Fredrick Larabee (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Fredrick Larabee

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University of Illinois graduate student Fredrick Larabee found that the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus sometimes uses its high-powered mandibles to jump to escape from a predator.

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Photo courtesy Fredrick Larabee

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