The Difference Between Roller and Digger Dung Beetles

Digger dung beetles differ from their roller relatives in important ways: from appearance to work schedules to the way they transport their wares.

[AmazingNatureRelaxation]

🌺Wonderful closeup shots. So cool to see
their armor plating. These are such amazing little creatures and cleaners. Great show. -Henry

[mzee]

Grew up playing with both roller and diggers in the villages of Southern Africa with no clue about they’re cousins.

[jojrab]

I always wanted to ask how did the manure of the mammoth steppe get processed? Did dung beetles exist to eat the dung of megafauna in the far north?

[Curas]

Omg this is the pixar movie I been waiting to see !

...but there's just one little problem, there's not enough dung to go around.

[cosmicdust]

This video sounded like two drug cartels operating for dung in savanna ..!! :P :P

[georgehh]

So it's like Hungry Hippos, but with dung beetles.

[crystalglass]

If they followed a politician, dung would never be in short supply

[QuestionableSprite]

*You know what, I don’t have to sleep tonight...*

[KingFighterX]

Looks like a scarab beetles from The Mummy.

[Wingmanl]

Leaving me with a cliffhanger, I see.

[apschweiz]

i have full video of this docu dung dynasty. 15mins into it, i cant watch more, the closeups are too much. i wish i was stronger because i love such docus but the beetles tearing at fresh poo piles and stuffing their faces with it was a bit much

[ascetic]

I'm not sure you've anthropomorphized those beetles enough.

[justaguy]

What if dinosaurs were not wipe out, instead million years of evolution has shrinked their size to these bettles.

[LNMarls]

Whatcha gonna do...whatcha gonna do...whatcha gonna do when they come for your poo...

[Skorpi]

Are the diggers hive like, do they work together as a community?

[jtktomb]

Now think about what would happen if any of them disappeared

[AB-dgtb]

But.. why do they wan't to play with the doo doo?

[unchained]

So what is the purpose of storing dung?

[samanthaeichhorn]

Do they eat this dung their collecting?

[WeeWeeJumbo]

Nature out here just throwing everything at the wall to see what stinks