Jump ahead to @ 2:00 to miss the jaw analysis and to get straight to the bounding.
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They seem to be well-intentioned if clumsy podcasters. But I did include the "jump ahead" warning for reasons.
But back to the issue that inspired me to post . . .
did you just spell "ruin" as "rewin"?
Locals often call them the Tac-tac ants, because you can sometimes hear the snap of their mandibles. The local species on Dominica had a powerful stinger tucked into its jaws, so the slight pinch of the mandibles would be followed by a wasp sting-like pain.