Channel: ANIMALBIOLOGIE

Category: Pets & Animals

Tags: dung balldung beetleanimalrollsrollerfactsfacts dung beetlepet

Description: I shot this video of two beetles doing more than their bodies as they roll the ball of dung without caring about the obstacles and barriers that stand in their way I added a voice comment and used some pictures from the internet to shows some facts about beetles and try to be creative in creating this content. I used my Camera Canon D9 Commentary Voice: transcript text to speech Music background: Youtube Audio Library License type: Free to use (No attribution is required.) More about Dung Beetle Dung Beetle - Rolls Dung Ball with Difficulty 10 Divine Facts About Dung Beetles: 1. Dung Beetles Provide Valuable Ecosystem Services 2.They Are Grouped Based on Their Dung Use 3. They Catch Human Attention 4. They're the Strongest Animals on Earth 5. They Navigate Using Celestial Orientation 6. Males and Females Care for Their Young 7. They Were Around in the Cretaceous Period 8. They Are Important Seed Dispersers 9. They Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 10. Some Species Are Endangered There are dung beetle species of various colors and sizes,The (scarab beetles) alone comprises more than 5,000 species. and some functional traits such as body mass (or biomass) and leg length can have high levels of variability. Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding chambers. The "rollers" roll and bury a dung ball either for food storage or for making a brooding ball. In the latter case, two beetles, one male and one female, stay around the dung ball during the rolling process. Usually it is the male that rolls the ball, while the female hitch-hikes or simply follows behind. In some cases, the male and the female roll together. When a spot with soft soil is found, they stop and bury the ball, then mate underground. After the mating, one or both of them prepares the brooding ball. When the ball is finished, the female lays eggs inside it, a form of mass provisioning. Some species do not leave after this stage, but remain to safeguard their offspring. The dung beetle goes through a complete metamorphosis. The larvae live in brood balls made with dung prepared by their parents. During the larval stage, the beetle feeds on the dung surrounding it. The behavior of the beetles was poorly understood until the studies of Jean Henri Fabre in the late 19th century. For example, Fabre corrected the myth that a dung beetle would seek aid from other dung beetles when confronted by obstacles. By observation and experiment, he found the seeming helpers were in fact awaiting an opportunity to steal the roller's food source. Dung beetles do not necessarily have to eat or drink anything else, because the dung provides all the necessary nutrients. Most dung beetles search for dung using their sensitive sense of smell. After capturing the dung, a dung beetle rolls it, following a straight line despite all obstacles. Sometimes, dung beetles try to steal the dung ball from another beetle, so the dung beetles have to move rapidly away from a dung pile once they have rolled their ball to prevent it from being stolen. Dung beetles can roll up to 10 times their weight. Male Onthophagus taurus beetles can pull 1,141 times their own body weight: the equivalent of an average person pulling six double-decker buses full of people. A species of dung beetle (the African Scarabaeus zambesianus) navigates by polarization patterns in moonlight, the first animal known to do so. Dung beetles can also navigate when only the Milky Way or clusters of bright stars are visible, making them the only insects known to orient themselves by the Milky Way. The eyes of dung beetles are superposition compound eyes typical of many scarabaeid beetles.