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    THE DUNG BEETLE Nature’s little helper

    Nov 30, 2020 2 minutes

    DUNG beetles – they’re shiny and dark and live in dung heaps right? Well that sums up all I knew about these elusive little ‘Nature’s helpers’. But have you ever stopped to look closely at a dung pile? Or better yet, beneath it? While from the top it may look like an ordinary clump of dung, what’s truly amazing is the hive of activity going on underneath it.

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