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The Beetle Is The World's Strongest Insect

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First Posted: 05/24/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:55 PM ET

The Independent:

After months of trials, a contender for the title of World's Strongest Insect was named by scientists today.

The dung beetle species Onthophagus taurus can pull a load 1,141 times its own body weight - the equivalent of an average person pulling six fully laden double decker buses.

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After months of trials, a contender for the title of World's Strongest Insect was named by scientists today. The dung beetle species Onthophagus taurus can pull a load 1,141 times its own body weight...
After months of trials, a contender for the title of World's Strongest Insect was named by scientists today. The dung beetle species Onthophagus taurus can pull a load 1,141 times its own body weight...
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rougebaisers
06:11 AM on 03/25/2010
Yay Beatles...oops....Beetles.
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HeevenSteven
20 Minutes into the future.
10:27 PM on 03/24/2010
Jack Lalane can do that.
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joebaggadonuts
Civilization: Evolutionary pathway of choice.
07:36 PM on 03/24/2010
I still listen to their music!
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LMPE
I connect the most dissimilar things
06:56 PM on 03/24/2010
Meet the beetles
04:39 PM on 03/24/2010
This one should be obvious to everybody. You live your entire life in a pile of chit you're gonna grow up tough as nails.