The perfect hunter

When hunting, dragonflies catch prey with their feet.

Dragonflies are flat-out terrifying if you're a small bug. They don't simply chase down their prey. Instead, they snag them from the air with calculated aerial ambushes and they're so skilled they have up to a 95% success rate when hunting.

Dragonflies and damselflies are in the order Odonata, meaning "toothed ones." The reason for the title is their serrated mandibles. When hunting, dragonflies catch prey with their feet, tear off the prey's wings with their sharp jaws so it can't escape, and scarf the bug down, all without needing to land.

Thankfully, dragonflies can't bite humans. The vast majority of species don't have mandibles strong enough to break our skin.