This creature recently set the world's record for its limb speed. It stores up an immense amount of energy in its mandibles and then releases it, when it needs to escape from a predator.
Here's a quote from a guy who has experienced the trap jaw ant according to the comments section on YouTube:
"There were [two] of those ants at my house. I tried to killed them, but it was like they were teleporting to somewhere else."
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