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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Dracula Ant

Mystrium camillae

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Has the fastest known animal movement β€” mandibles snap shut at 90 m/s (320 km/h), 5,000 times faster than a blink. Also practices non-destructive cannibalism on its own larvae.

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Did You Know?

Dracula ants bite their own larvae and drink their blood (hemolymph) in a practice called non-destructive cannibalism β€” the larvae survive but sacrifice nutrition for the adults.