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And now a word from our sponsor…

By Dung Beetles, Pot Luck

Launching of Doug the dung Beetle website

I do mean it, when I say ‘click here for a word from our sponsor’. Go on, give it a go.

OK, I admit I’m playing with your minds – just a bit – but I would really appreciate it, if you not only visit my new site Doug the Dung Beetle, but also subscribe.  I’ll reward the first three to subscribe with a Doug Dung Beetle cartoon of your choice – hand signed and posted by snail mail to your very door. Oh, and if you subscribe, I promise not to inundate you with posts. I plan to post every fortnight or so.

Help! It’s a floater

By Dung Beetles

Doug the dung beetle discovers the floater

Did you know?

The perfect stool is a floater and not a sinker.

Whether a stool floats or sinks depends on the individual’s diet and the telling sign of a healthy stool is one made from consuming a lot of fibre and water.  These poops will float.

Ready to go lunch for busy dung beetles

By Dung Beetles

Doug dung beetle loves rabbit dungI’ve been spending a bit of time researching dung beetles for another project I’m working on.  I ended up on YouTube (I’m sure all roads lead to YouTube eventually) and found this really cute dung beetle animation called Dung Beetle Battle.  Much to my delight, I then discovered that the makers, Minuscule, have a whole series of similar insect animations. They are short (which is good for my concentration) and play on average for 4 min 30 sec.

Introducing Doug’s other cousin, Tom Tunneller Dung Beetle

By Dung Beetles

Doug dung beetle's tunneller cousinIntroducing Doug Dung Beetle’s other cousin – Tom Tunneler.  You may recall from previous posts there are three types of dung beetles: Rollers (Doug), Dwellers and Tunnellers. Well, this is the full set of Doug’s  extended family.  Tunnellers like to dive deep into dung, then start tunnelling their way through the dung and deep into the earth below. not only does this provide a nice safe home for the beetle, it also acts as a breeding spot for the little baby dung beetle eggs.  Unfortunately for Tom, methane gas is explosive.