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Dung beetle
22.0925, -100.959
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Description:
About 25 mm ( 1 inch). From Wikipedia:"After capturing the dung, a dung beetle will roll it, following a straight line despite all obstacles. Sometimes dung beetles will try to steal the dung ball from another beetle, so the dung beetles have to move rapidly away from a dung pile once they have rolled their ball to prevent it from being stolen. Dung beetles can roll up to 50 times their weight."
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Dung beetle
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2012
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