Velcro ants can hold down moths 10,000x their weight

If you don't yet subscribe to Not Exactly Rocket Science then you may not have seen these amazing pictures yet. Teams of teeeny-weeny ants gripping hoooge insects on fluffy leaves using teeeny nippers and the 'velcro principle'. [caption id="attachment_787" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="the best tiny use of velcro since dwarf tossing"]

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Ambush ants capture giant prey using Velcro principlesThis hunting strategy is all the more amazing when you consider that the ants weigh just over a milligram each while their prey – including grasshoppers and moths – can weigh up to 10 grams. Ambush ants capture giant prey using Velcro principles | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine