Meet a Beautiful Beetle That Loves to Eat Poop | National Geographic

[@shikifuujin4800]

"the rainbow scarabs beetle is very rare" shoves a rod through its back

[@ishanmadhav2471]

That's a Mad Scientist for you

[@kadeksatriadi7845]

shiki fuujin don't have to scroll down too much to see the comment I expected to see. Well said mate.

[@ovidiu-iuliantudor4694]

shiki fuujin lol i wanted to comment this

[@Delaney-and-the-Starlight]

I hope it's to try and save them in the bigger picture through study.... otherwise this is tragic.

[@MagicalFruitBasket]

>Find dead beetle in field >Bring it back >Preserve it I do not see the issue here.

[@YUZED0]

"If you find a *horny* beetle it's always a male" I see what you did there.

[@mustafaaustinpowers5748]

HAHA XD

[@Name-ul8es]

I was gonna say that. :d

[@mustafaaustinpowers5748]

Rip

[@mustafaaustinpowers5748]

Dunno if you're trolling or not but it's at 0:10-0:13.

[@ryanm4319]

Multividual German humor ;)

[@mayapickering4590]

"The poop is dry so you can touch it and your hand will still be clean" Ummmm don't think that's how that works 😂😂

[@animallover5626]

maya pickering 😂😭

[@debshreebasu8137]

maya pickering hahahaha ikr

[@ezekiel8824]

hahaha exactly wtf

[@childishpaco7447]

Lol

[@yuciehayashi266]

Those used to be just grasses 😂

[@ederlopez2716]

Beetle married life logic: Female Beetle: "Oh yeah, bob? Well, go eat shit!" Male Beetle: "Ok!"

[@pengyong3553]

male beetle : oh , one more thing honey , when we eating , let's not talk about shit ok ?

[@debradeforest6888]

SKIFFLE: home sweet home...

[@DarkAngelEU]

"oh yes, these beetles have become quite rare" *slices a needle through it*

[@goatswithwigs3752]

Their physical appearance contrasts their lifestyle

[@taylorkay1826]

Same

[@coldbirdsaybir]

@@taylorkay1826 lol

[@venomdank965]

yeah beautiful insects if I do say so

[@kateambrose2298]

"Oh, here is a wonderful fresh piece of bison poop!" Does your job make you feel that excited? Ever?? Be real.

[@tegamingother]

Well sometimes you just might find something that's really undiscovered so 50 percent of tje time I would say.

[@allisonelms2341]

This is a life lesson we all need to learn!

[@dawndanner6672]

There was actually a dog park that brought in dung beetles to keep the park clean and people did not have to scoop it up!

[@joshuasj942]

Good idea

[@alansantillan1172]

@@joshuasj942 not a good idea. What if people step on the beetles or the dogs eat them? Clean up after your dog instead of relying on e labor of an insect is a better idea

[@nickacelvn]

@@alansantillan1172 I think you're missing a few of the links to your chain of reasoning there soldier.

[@threathy]

@@nickacelvn 😂😂😂

[@sussybaka119]

Yeah that's a pretty stupid idea

[@0090Blue0900]

so... moral of the story.. eat shit, look beautiful?

[@lontongtepungroti2777]

Paul Jones exactly

[@jjohancen65]

I have a rainbow right now! Found it in my pool and came here to learn what it is. Absolutely gorgeous. Texas Coast.

[@danic5208]

kudos to this man with great appreciation for nature and beauty in the smallest things!

[@deryjeder]

whenever you have a bad day, just take a look at this video.

[@keirinboyes4419]

Use to be 60 million now theres 350 :( humans are the best

[@BigReese1981]

Chefi Cheese don't blame all humans for that. Native Americans hunted for food and what they needed to survive. White people hunt for sport, trophies and for fun.

[@debshreebasu8137]

Chefi Cheese very sad tht is

[@theadvancedfloof3514]

ZeeTheSkyFather yeah but all humans don’t have to hunt every last survivor

[@theadvancedfloof3514]

Cosmin Costea that YOU don’t like? Okay I’ll be racist to you cause I don’t like you

[@chitinskin9860]

@@theadvancedfloof3514 All humans didn't hunt them down to the very last survivor, just the invading European nations who decided they were going to make Native Americans that lived off bison starve to death by killing their main food source. Also, Cosmin was being very sarcastic because Zee worded his sentence awfully. Not sure how you could have taken that seriously at all.

[@nickacelvn]

Fantastic. Nature is so credible, Every spray painter in the world wishes they could produce such wondrous perfection

[@captainjurgh8142]

0:18 Its Gesture is so fantastic.

[@TheDarkKRoo]

Hey it’s kabbu!

[@debradeforest6888]

My dad brought home some buffalo chips, from Kansas' preserve, Bluegrass Prairie; put 28 coats of polyurethane one them, & it's in my showcase now. The heart of the heartland. Sitting Bull said, "A cold wind blew across the prairie when the last buffalo fel....a death-wind for my people.

[@tegamingother]

I love how he just calls it a patty is such an interesting term

[@OpenBiolabsGuy]

If we establish a colony on Mars, we’re going to need to bring dung beetles with us to help with waste management.

[@lemonlimethewolf7087]

These beetles fly around in my back yard all day

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

love this guys passion 😚

[@jignat]

I was just cleaning up after Hurricane Ian and saw this by chance. I was curious about the name and checked youtube. Beautiful creature and informative video.

[@xelz5975]

Amazing info! thanks for this!

[@Megaman-2407]

NOOO NOT MY TANK KABBU LET ME JUST REVIVE HIM WITH TEAR

[@whotookmypuddingcup4131]

Lmao

[@kailashv9]

Their beauty made NAT GEO upload a longer video

[@wgsmcw2012]

Love taking photos of beetles! Maybe I will be able to get photograph of one of these beetles! Going to try moving to Colorado, later this summer, I hope.

[@Durka-Durka]

Did you go?

[@soundsliketough8294]

Just found one in Arkansas! Absolutely stunning looking.

[@nidohime6233]

Make that beetle grey and is exactly like a Rhyhorn.

[@popscopper6096]

I like in north texas just 45 mins from the red river and I find these in my pool all the time

[@goldenxkarma155]

This guy loved poop more than the beetle

[@AnimeLingri]

Bettle has rolled do many dung that he unlocked the legendary skin

[@Haytchtwoalt]

Pretty much how the world works. People find something beautiful and then kill it. .-.

[@ta2dwench137]

They're absolutely adorable, I want one.

[@golem52746]

Dang S.Korea lost so many dung beetles. Extinction? Tiny country and no cow. Some western side of Korea there is still exist few dung beetles but when my parent were born Cows were every where and great dung beetles were everywhere also. Couple years ago even the Diving Beetle became sites. Way more difficult to find dung beetles.

[@SuperBdawk]

where does this beautiful color arise from?

[@ICESTORM667]

There was this beetle I found when I was a kid that look similar in color, but very tiny. Munching on morning glorys, or lived there. I never did figure out it's name :(

[@jexman41]

Move over 'A diamond in the rough', 'An emerald in the shit heap' is the new idiom.

[@faroshscale]

They're like little jewels. I have one of these taxidermied.

[@alexreifschneider6709]

Rare, maybe in Colorado, but in other places they can be quite abundant. Some burrowing owls feed on them.

[@NatureWitch]

Wow! Sooo cool! I had a necklace that had one incased in it, I always wondered what beetle it was, I just really remember that spike on the back of the beetle. It may or may not have been that beetle but I looked just like that one.

[@hillbillyartscrafts4367]

a girl pointed one out in a gas station parking lot, she said what a pretty bug before she stepped on it and smeared it on the asphalt. it was a big one too :(

[@JackIsNotInTheBox]

"If you find a honrny beatle, it's always a male." True.

[@terrandroid]

i love dungbeetles

[@Sderrybugs]

omg😱 beautiful color👍

[@mjsjoquist716]

Saw one today in Kansas City KS

[@mrgooddeeds3115]

I just had one land right next to me in the parking lot of a casino in KC MO.. got some really good shots of it on my iPhone.. 2 minutes late it flew off. Really cool. Was wondering if it was rare or not.

[@thefemalemegatron]

We just found one of those in my pool a few days ago

[@Waterdyno]

I've found these beetles multiple times in the oilfields in South Texas.

[@VlRGlL]

I find those occasionally here in Missouri

[@shellye7887]

Natural geographic you’re amazing

[@lolxdroflmao431]

Me: *sees video title* Me: "LMAO"

[@thecadd6490]

This is somehow remind me for a little, shiny Triceratops

[@Sderrybugs]

amazing color👍

[@jamesdooling4139]

The bison were "free cattle" for so many pioneers. It's amazing we didn't slaughter them entirely... Mankind has devastated this planet in its search for food. Imagine the Earth had we all remained subsistence beasts. It's almost impossible.

[@homestar1291]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIOxXn-rYtJgpbsm13s "Oh! Here's is a wonderful fresh piece of... bison poop." Hahaha

[@BeetlesAsPets]

Many people say that they are not so rare and quite abundant in some areas...

[@davidsanders3028]

I remember when I found a hand full of them. Then I learned what they where a few hours later😂.

[@Gendo-1kar1]

Great Job

[@erc768]

in philippines we call that Salaginto

[@MistressOP]

do the bison beetle do well on horse manure? wild horse

[@PONYBOYonline]

I feel like the entomologist could have easily been Cristoph Waltz

[@XxSoNoFtHeKiNgXx]

Ah yes, I know all about the dung beetle. If you put dung in its inventory and place it on wander, it produces fertilizer and oil. Reference - Ark: Survival Evolved.

[@DD556762X51]

How do you become an dung beetle specialist?

[@FritzFoxPirate]

They're my favorite color

[@ivankostiuchenko6620]

never think it would be so funny;); D

[@jimmyrios9905]

I found a rainbow today here in east texas in my backyard

[@datemasamune2106]

He's way too optimistic over bison faeces.

[@joshb1333]

"you can touch it with your finger"

[@e.6614]

“People who are rich and fabulous. Some have a disgusting plan on their mind” - person

[@etienne7774]

What creates it's color?

[@kongfeet81]

I scooped one out of my pool

[@atenification]

can`t wait for the disney film

[@kaanuss]

i dont think they are that rare the other day i saw them in my school playground

[@mome345]

it kinda looks like a wizard with a hat

[@luster5497]

One Cow's dun is another's Jewel Beetle

[@lesliecavas1984]

I found one of these in my bird bath yesterday, no, I did not stick a needle in him but he was already dead.

[@sanjulagupta5235]

I wanna meet the you sir Yours faithfully Aspiring entomologist

[@thefirebirdflock3440]

Looks like skullcrusher from HTTYD

[@kunfoopanda]

maybe the dung beetles are lesser because this guy keeps pinning them on his wall! wtf!

[@ariellekayellen]

they're shiny hunting dung beetles

[@okay__.]

I caught one of these before

[@phatoume227]

people order our patties

[@JoeKickass324]

SAVE THE DUNG BEETLES

[@tkevans8709]

So you kill it?😐

[@Liuhuayue]

They probably only killed very few specimens for record-keeping.

[@exit12903]

Hello, I'm Morgan Freeman, the narrator of this video

[@prettypumpkin6891]

I wanted to " like" my commercial. It was about a female professional football coach named Katie. GO KATIE

[@wgsmcw2012]

Also, I only photograph live insects!

[@mikeperry7335]

This guys the vlad tepes of the dung beetle

[@KittySYT]

"Dung" would have been an appropriate word, btw.

[@capitalgguns4203]

I live in Denver colorado

[@Neosin1]

I feel sorry for this guys family, especially his wife because he would smell like shit every time he comes home 😂😂😂

[@arvinsulejmani4336]

Talk about a diamond in the rough

[@nogie0016]

Oh shit

[@elliesinghapan8220]

Hmm.... I wonder if I eat poop, will I be beautiful?!

[@shistershister5654]

"Bison patty"

[@MacStoker]

byson patty? macdonalds should sell them in a bun.

[@wahyutanjung7284]

Keren

[@lettucecabbage7189]

It's discusting how the guy rubbed his hand on the poop

[@michaeleugeneromero180]

30 beetles are mad...

[@chief2fly519]

I got bit by one of them when I was a little boy