Movie 1.

An example strike of the trap-jaw ant, filmed at 300,000 fps and played back at 20 frames per second.

Dual spring force couples yield multifunctionality and ultrafast, precision rotation in tiny biomechanical systems

Gregory P. Sutton, Ryan St Pierre, Chi-Yun Kuo, Adam P. Summers, Sarah Bergbreiter, Suzanne Cox, and S. N. Patek

Journal of Experimental Biology 2022. 225:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.244077