Movie 4.
3D model of the mandibular joint. Digital data of the micro-CT images were converted into STL files and then printed out using a 3D printer. The movie was made using a series of snapshot of the 3D model with different positions of the mandible.
Embodied latch mechanism of the mandible to power at ultra-high speed in the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus kuroiwae
Journal of Experimental Biology 2023. 226:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.245396