A textbook image I did a few years ago showing a trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus rixosus) with her mandibles held open and trigger hairs forward, and then in the closed position.

The snapping shut of the trap is one of the fastest measured animal movements.
#Ants #Entomology #Insects #Odontomachus

"In spite of being highly educated ..., scientists as a group are among the least engaged in advocacy." - true & worrying in 2012, but now even more pressing.

The Obligation for Biologists to Commit to Political Advocacy
A call for political action from 2012! Thomas Pollard

cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8

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