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Dung beetle

Photo by Mel11
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Description:

As there are thousands of species I can't identify this particular one.

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Comments (4)
Ava T-B
My favorite thing about dung beetles is that they're the first animal known to navigate at night using the Milky Way!! https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2013/01/24/dung-beetles-navigate-via-the-milky-way-first-known-in-animal-kingdom/
Neil Ross
I find them fascinating. Saw my first in Kenya, and I must have taken at least 50 photos of the thing. I didn't know there were so many species.
Mel11
😊 Have to give them top marks for persistence , this one was taking it up a slight slope and didn't see the pebble at the other side.
Neil Ross
Such a fun hobby. It's hard not to love a dung beetle :)
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PublishedMarch 2, 2019

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