A 10-millimetre dung beetle called Onthophagus taurus can pull 1,141 times its own body weight — the equivalent of a 70-kilogram person dragging about 80 tonnes, roughly the weight of six double-decker buses.

A dung beetle about 10 millimetres long, a species called Onthophagus taurus, has been measured pulling 1,141 times its own body weight. Scale that up to human size and it is as if a 70-kilogram person dragged around 80 tonnes, roughly the weight of six double-decker buses. It is one of the strongest animals, relative [...] The post A 10-millimetre dung beetle called Onthophagus taurus can pull 1,141 times its own body weight — the equivalent of a 70-kilogram person dragging about 80 tonnes, rou