The dance of the dung beetle

Name: The dance of the dung beetle
Uploaded: 2012-12-13T16:00:50Z
Duration: 16 min 51 s
Description: A dung beetle has a brain the size of a grain of rice, and yet it shows a tremendous amount of intelligence when it comes to rolling its food source -- animal excrement -- home. How? It all comes down to a dance.

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Marcus Byrne |

TEDxWitsUniversity

• August 2012

A dung beetle has a brain the size of a grain of rice, and yet it shows a tremendous amount of intelligence when it comes to rolling its food source -- animal excrement -- home. How? It all comes down to a dance.