A group of dung beetles are on high alert: they’ve sniffed out a new delivery of their favorite food, courtesy of a herd of stampeding buffalos. Now, this beetle just has to roll his ball of dung back to the den – all while fighting off the competition. #DungDynasty #SmithsonianChannel>>>
Dung beetles, proportionally stronger than elephants, are able to move a ball of dung 40 times their own weight. In fact, for their size, dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. From the Series: Tales From Zambia: The Wild Web http://bit.ly/2KwVQic Original Author: Produced by Smithsonian Channel and>>>
The resting place of ancient armadillos that roamed the earth some 20,000 years ago has been discovered in Argentina. A farmer stumbled upon the graveyard containing fossilized shells of four massive Glyptodonts, with the largest being the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. The remains were discovered in a dried-out riverbed>>>