All the way in the front. On the head section.
ants jaw are much smaller and humans jaw are much bigger.
ants jaw are much smaller and humans jaw are much bigger.
ants jaw are much smaller and humans jaw are much bigger.
Ants employ their jaws (mandibles) mostly for carrying food back to the nest and in it's defense .
The main weapons of all the army ants are their jaws, especially the very large jaws of the major soldiers. There are several subfamilies of army ants, and some of subfamilies have stings as well. Some of the African army ants do not have stings and others do. The American army ants (Eciton) all have stings.
Army ants possess incredibly strong jaws, which can be about 1 to 2 centimeters long, depending on the species. These jaws, or mandibles, are adapted for gripping and cutting through prey and are a key feature in their hunting and foraging behavior. Their powerful jaws allow them to work collaboratively in large groups to take down larger prey.
to eat you scients have talk to ants and they say that when they eat you they say YUMM YOU WERE VERY VERY VERY GOOD :)
Interestingly enough the Incas used the jaws of ants as stitches.
Interestingly enough the Incas used the jaws of ants as stitches.
They are like human jaws in that they are used for biting. They differ in practically every other way. Ants (like other typical insects) have four jaws each (two mandibles, two maxillae); the jaws are not made of bone inside and flesh outside, but flesh inside and the hard part (a sort of concrete of sclerotin and chitin) outside. Ant jaws don't have separate teeth, but have serrations (saw-like pointy bits). Their jaws work from side to side instead of up and down. Their jaws are smaller in absolute terms because ants are smaller than humans, but usually larger in relative terms (a human with jaws like a bulldog ant would look like a crocodile). It is not easy to think of ways in which they are alike.
The way in which ants dig their holes in the ground is by picking up soil in their mouth, holding it between their jaws and then depositing it in a heap out of the way. Ants don't eat or swallow the soil and it is usually the worker ants in the colony that dig holes.
Ant jaws (mandibles) are both movable joints and move horizontally together to grab, dig, and cut, in addition to handling food. The mandibles move food to the ant's mouth, located behind them. Human jaws include the upper jaw (maxilla) which is fixed to the skull, and the lower jaw (mandible) which moves up and down, and slightly sideways, to grab, cut, and chew food. Ants do not have true teeth, which in humans consist of 16 pairs (more or less), half on the upper jaw and half on the lower jaw, all inside the mouth. Some teeth (molars) are specialized for grinding food.