The tiny insects can orient themselves to the bright stripe of light generated by our galaxy, and move in a line relative to it, according to recent experiments in South Africa.
“This is a complicated navigational feat—it’s quite impressive for an animal that size,” said study co-author Eric Warrant, a biologist at the University of Lund in Sweden.
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Dung Beetles Navigate Via the Milky Way
An Animal-Kingdom First
Started by Still Waters , Jan 24 2013 09:00 PM
dung beetles milky way navigate
Started by Still Waters , Jan 24 2013 09:00 PM
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Posted 24 January 2013 - 09:00 PM
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Posted 25 January 2013 - 03:55 PM
I don't even know where the Milky Way is in the sky, so they must be some smart lil' buggers.
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Posted 25 January 2013 - 04:39 PM
Luke follow the light.
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Posted 25 January 2013 - 05:33 PM
I always wondered why headlights and lamposts confuse me at night. 
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Posted 25 January 2013 - 06:42 PM
That biologist better be careful. Those beetles roll up the stuff his brain is made of.
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Posted 25 January 2013 - 08:09 PM
This is bullcrap, IMO.
Edited by CRYSiiSx2, 25 January 2013 - 08:10 PM.
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Posted 25 January 2013 - 08:18 PM
Weve erased the Milky Way from the sky with light pollution in most places. When I was young it was still bright and beautiful in the sky. Just another way we are destroying the natural beauty of our world IMO.
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Posted 25 January 2013 - 09:32 PM
Skeptic Chicken, on 25 January 2013 - 03:55 PM, said:
I don't even know where the Milky Way is in the sky, so they must be some smart lil' buggers.
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Posted 25 January 2013 - 09:53 PM
Skeptic Chicken, on 25 January 2013 - 03:55 PM, said:
I don't even know where the Milky Way is in the sky, so they must be some smart lil' buggers.
Here is a Milky Way-rise. It's spiral core coming in to view.>>>
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"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand... "
"I have a black belt in Feng Shui, the subtle martial art. I go home to you and move a lamp and a chair... twelve years later you lay there on the floor with broken kneecaps and destitute."
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Posted 25 January 2013 - 10:28 PM
is great to see the poor dung beetle getting a bit of credit..
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Posted 26 January 2013 - 07:22 AM
"Once the beetles sniff out a steaming pile, males painstakingly craft the dung into balls and roll them as far away from the chaotic mound as possible, often toting a female that they have also picked up."
That's one heck of a first date. Wonder what his pickup line is? Actually, I don't want to know.
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That's one heck of a first date. Wonder what his pickup line is? Actually, I don't want to know.
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Posted 26 January 2013 - 09:53 AM
Well they were special to the ancient Egyptians and some theorists say they came from the stars.............but i agree with the others,coincidence or nonsense
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Posted 26 January 2013 - 04:57 PM
If you feel this to be true in your heart.. Then I suspect a good ole hearty Interogation with a dung beetle could be a large source of information for our future in spacial exploration
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Posted 26 January 2013 - 04:58 PM
EVEN ASPECTRAL LOCATIONS of Beings of sorts or even CLouds Of aspectraled Degrees beyond aquatured understanding.. The Medial BrainSplasm of this Endeavor
Open Your Mind To New Experiences
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Posted 26 January 2013 - 05:21 PM
QuiteContrary, on 26 January 2013 - 07:22 AM, said:
"Once the beetles sniff out a steaming pile, males painstakingly craft the dung into balls and roll them as far away from the chaotic mound as possible, often toting a female that they have also picked up."
That's one heck of a first date. Wonder what his pickup line is? Actually, I don't want to know.
That's one heck of a first date. Wonder what his pickup line is? Actually, I don't want to know.
Well, one can speculate though. Maybe something long the lines of -"Hey baby, you wanna roll some s*** with me, huh?
I imagine that, amongst dung beetles, is the only environment such a pickup line would carry any weight.
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"I have a black belt in Feng Shui, the subtle martial art. I go home to you and move a lamp and a chair... twelve years later you lay there on the floor with broken kneecaps and destitute."
"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand... "
"I have a black belt in Feng Shui, the subtle martial art. I go home to you and move a lamp and a chair... twelve years later you lay there on the floor with broken kneecaps and destitute."
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