ECTOTHERM MONDAY – DUNG BEETLES

Ants are commonly observed lifting heavy objects, but they are not the strongest members of the insect world.

Dung Beetles are known to lift weights up to over 1,000 times their own body weight—a load equivalent to a human lifting over 80,000 kg (~180,000 pounds).

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