Trap Jaw appears to be an entirely original sculpt, save maybe the crotch and abs. The mechanical arm and its harness are removable, to swap out for a pre-cyborg arm and display him as Kronis.

Regardless of whether the ants had the trap jaws, they were still able to prey upon springtails, which are “named for their hydrostatic spring-escape mechanism,” Booher said. That’s because ...

The head and mouthparts of a trap-jaw ant in the second stage of larval development. Only about 0.4 percent of the 16,000 known ant species have been studied in the larval stage, making this a ...

March 2 (UPI) -- How did the trap-jaw ant evolve such a complex mechanism for snatching its prey? Today, the mandibles of trap-jaw ants take many forms, suggesting a tremendous level of anatomical ...

Powerful and deadly, trap-jaws are a record-breaking evolutionary innovation. Unlike normal gripping jaws, which rely on muscles to open and close, the trap-jaw latches itself open, storing energy ...

They let O. brunneus trap-jaw ants skid down the sandy sides of traps dug by a predatory insect called an ant lion (SN: 7/12/14, p. 4).

The trap-jaw ant has a won notorious reputation in the insect kingdom for its super-strong, spring-loaded mandibles, which it uses to crush prey with ease and defend its nests.

Until then, Trap-Jaw is priced at $18.99, set for a Q4 2022 release, and pre-orders are already live and located here. Be sure to also check out the other members in this wave with King Randor ...

The jaw-snapping jumps have been observed in three types of ants too, Odontomachus, Anochetus (Ponerinae), and Strumigenys (Myrmicinae), Sorger writes. The trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus, can be found ...

The Trap-Jaw Legends Maquette is highly detailed, stands ay roughly 20″ tall, and is placed on a serpent display base. Just like the previous Masters of the Universe statue from Tweeterhead ...

The fastest trap-jaw spider was Zearchaea sp4, a species from New Zealand that’s yet to be formally named and described, which snaps its jaws shut at 8.5 meters (28 feet) per second -- that’s ...

A coyote, caught in an illegal jaw trap, is back in the wild after 3 weeks with our #ProjectWildlife team. Our Humane Law Enforcement is investigating the felony cruelty case.