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How Can Dung Beetles See Where They're Going?
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How can dung beetles keep on a straight course? Turns out the can use the moon and stars to navigate!
Article:
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ento-042020-102149
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982212015072
Sources:
Dacke M, Baird E, El Jundi B, Warrant EJ, Byrne M. How Dung Beetles Steer Straight. Annu Rev Entomol. 2021 Jan 7;66:243-256. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-042020-102149. Epub 2020 Aug 21. PMID: 32822556.
Dacke M, Baird E, Byrne M, Scholtz CH, Warrant EJ. Dung beetles use the Milky Way for orientation. Curr Biol. 2013 Feb 18;23(4):298-300. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.12.034. Epub 2013 Jan 24. PMID: 23352694.
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