This is a link to a page with an audio clip. I heard it on my car radio. It's nice that neat things like this are archived. Take a listen.

The Fascinating World Of The Dung Beetle

"Underneath the cow patties in the pasture — and the monkey dung in the jungle — there is a miniature world of sex and violence.

"Here, ornately decorated beetles armed with horns fight for survival and sexual dominance. Douglas Emlen, a professor of biology at the University of Montana, studies them.

"Emlen is an expert on the evolution and development of bizarre or extreme shapes in insects, and he is particularly interested in insect weaponry.

"Much of his work takes place in a lab, but he has also had some wild adventures collecting different families of dung beetles from around the world.

"Emlen joins Fresh Air host Terry Gross to talk about those adventures — and the surprisingly interesting creatures at the center of his research."

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