| Type of Resource | Media including photos and video clips |
| Topic | Locomotion/motility |
| Taxa | Invertebrate |
| Organizational Level | Organismal |
| Role of activity in your course | Digital image analyses and basic principles of ballistic movement |
| Safety precautions, possible permissions necessary | None |
| Description | Odontomachus bauri, a trap-jaw ant, uses its high speed jaws to capture and disable prey. Surprisingly, they also use their jaws to jump! By slowing down high speed video images of the ants jumping with their jaws, it is possible to do some simple physics about their ballistic trajectories. |
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