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Dung beetles are pivotal to many terrestrial ecosystems.
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Dung beetles are humble insects. They feed on the faeces of other mammals. In many species, a male dung beetle flies to a fresh pile of dung, shapes a piece of it into a ball, and quickly rolls it away from the pile so others don’t grab it.
Reputedly, male dung beetles have rolled dung balls a thousand-times heavier than their own body weight.
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