Examples of dung beetle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web My papa’s house furled and unfurled, high as a church steeple in some parts, and low as a dung beetle in others. — Okwiri Oduor, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 Certain dung beetle females have even evolved horns that may be used for battling with other females in contests over access to males. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021 Through a dung beetle’s compound eyes, stars appear as blobs, not as points of light. — New York Times, 29 July 2021 Rosie Drinkwater, a molecular biologist and postdoc at Queen Mary University of London, decided to test another widespread connoisseur of DNA-rich body material, the dung beetle. — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 19 Feb. 2021 In one entry, a dung beetle climbs out of a dead man’s mouth; a jellyfish floats between buildings in another. — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 23 July 2020 For the nocturnal African dung beetle Scarabaeus satyrus, this becomes a useful reference point. — Fiona Mcmillan, National Geographic, 4 Nov. 2019 By limiting pesticides, natural biological systems that include dung beetles, earth worms and micro-organisms help rejuvenate soil health. — David Mckenzie, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020 When there are lots of species of dung beetles around, and faeces vanish quickly, an ecosystem is assumed to be in good shape. — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2020 See More

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