Dung Beetles and the Galaxy

[drhoz]

Five million years ago, protohuman hominids were stumbling around South Africa, and around their feet the industrious dung beetles rolled their precious balls of shit. I'll give you three guesses which one was paying more attention to the wider universe.

Marie Dacke of Lund University in Sweden has proven in a series of elegant experiments that

Comments

[kattahj]

As stunning as this is, I can't help being particularly pleased with two things:

1. That's my home university! Yay!

2. Dung beetles in little cardboard hats!

[drhoz]

*nods happily*

[ar_feiniel_]

Thanks, I watched the whole thing!

[drhoz]

it was rather good, wasn't it?

[drhoz]

:D