The ant species has a function

Dracula ants can close jaws at 320km / h, 5,000 times faster than a blink of an eye.

The reason is called Dracula ants because they have a habit of sucking blood on larvae . This few millimeter-sized creature has recently officially become the world's fastest biting animal , because it has a jaw close to 5,000 times faster than a blink of an eye.

Ants Dracula.

Ants Dracula, living in Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia, uses the "monster" jaw to defeat prey before pulling them back to the nest to feed their babies or make meat on the spot.

"Dracula's jaws act like a mousetrap, except that the pins and springs are integrated into one," said Professor Andrew Suarez, of the University of Illinois. The jaw closing speed of this ant species is estimated at only 0.000015 seconds to reach 320 km / h.

Mr. Suarez and his colleagues must use high-speed cameras to measure and X-ray imaging technology, analyzing how Dracula ants work.

According to the American professor, Dracula often takes advantage of the radios advantage to attack other arthropods, stunning them before launching an attack, neutralizing their prey.