Mantis Schrimp Outdone

[Nabber86]

The trap-jaw ant's scientific name may be ponderous, Odontomachus bauri, but this hunter can clamp its mandibles shut at between 78 mph and 145 mph, according to a report in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

That makes it faster than the mantis shrimp, former record holder for fastest strike, according to researchers led by Sheila Patek, assistant professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2006-08-21-fast-striking-ant_x.htm

 

[somethingphishy]

Chuch Norris strikes faster than that.

 

[B33FST3W]

wow, I guess I'm going to have to get an ant farm to have the fastest pet now.

 

[sirbooks]

This has already been mentioned in the mantis forum. Keep in mind that mantis shrimp live and strike underwater, as opposed to the ant. Water has more resistance than air, so I think the shrimp deserve more credit.