Tiny Dung Beetle Ping-Pongs Up Termite Mound
Clip: Season 40 Episode 3 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
A dung beetle is a walnut-sized package of determination.
The mound the termites abandoned might not look much of a threat, but to a dung beetle, it’s a mountain whose slopes are covered with pitfall traps. A dung beetle is a walnut-sized package of determination, but he is also upside down pushing backwards so he can’t see where he is going.
Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and...
Tiny Dung Beetle Ping-Pongs Up Termite Mound
Clip: Season 40 Episode 3 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
The mound the termites abandoned might not look much of a threat, but to a dung beetle, it’s a mountain whose slopes are covered with pitfall traps. A dung beetle is a walnut-sized package of determination, but he is also upside down pushing backwards so he can’t see where he is going.
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