The dung beetle is the most powerful bug on the planet. They can propel balls of fresh animal faeces (thus their name) weighing more than 200 times their body weight. Researchers observed one dung beetle pushing a ball 1,141 times his own weight, the equivalent of a 150-pound person moving an incredible 80 tonnes.
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