Portraits of Africa April '04

#2 - The Dung Beetle

This dung beetle is designing a nursery for her baby.

First she shapes a nice round ball from a pile of poop. (Any large mammal's will do. In this case it is rhino.)

Now she is rolling it away to a safe place, where she will lay a single egg inside and then bury it.

When the larvae hatches, it is surrounded by food!

yum.

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