Dung beetle shows amazing strength

AFTER months of trials, a contender for the title of World's Strongest Insect was named by scientists today. The dung beetle Onthophagus taurus can pull a load 1,141 times its body weight – the equivalent of a person pulling six full double decker buses.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Mar 2010, 19:47 BST
Updated 23rd Mar 2010, 19:49 BST

The findings appear in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.