A newly discovered ant species shares several characteristics with a well-known Harry Potter villain, the source of its namesake.The Leptanilla voldemort ant was discovered in early March by Dr. Mark Wong of the University of Western Australia. Two of the ants were discovered when Wong and his team of researchers were drilling in Australia. Researchers found the ants living deep underground after drilling an 80-foot-deep hole to extract them.
The ant also had sharp, long mandibles , suggesting it could very well be a fierce predator,' Wong told Newsweek. 'The ant's appearance, predatory nature, and its dark, underground habitat reminded me of Lord Voldemort, the slender and pale villain from the Harry Potter books I read in my youth, who also lived in the shadows and was sometimes called the 'Dark Lord'.
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