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Dung beetle

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

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4 Comments

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 5 years ago

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...

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 5 years ago

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
Mel11 5 years ago

😊 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
Neil Ross 5 years ago

Such a fun hobby. It's hard not to love a dung beetle :)

Mel11
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Mel11

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Spotted on Sep 22, 2011
Submitted on Mar 2, 2019

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