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Finding Beauty In Dung
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Posted on 05/08/2009 4:52:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono

Today on Fresh Air, host Terry Gross interviews Douglas Emlen, professor of biology at the University of Montana. Emlen has devoted his life to an unlikely creature: the dung beetle. And deep in the wild beetle underworld, he has found natural beauty. These close-up photos of scarabs, taken by Emlen and other scientists, reveal rather pretty little critters. (And sometimes not so little -- rhinoceros beetles can measure up to several inches!)


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: dungbeetle; imageobsessed; jojogunn; jojogunnisastalker


1 posted on 05/08/2009 4:52:38 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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Here Is Dung Amongst The Beauty!


2 posted on 05/08/2009 4:58:26 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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3 posted on 05/08/2009 5:05:15 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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We get dung beetles in our backyard. They clean up dog doo very quickly.


4 posted on 05/08/2009 7:23:47 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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Oh, I thought this was an article about how the MSM views Obambi's policies...

My bad.

5 posted on 05/08/2009 7:25:52 PM PDT by elk ((A Member of the Silent 58)TM)
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6 posted on 05/08/2009 7:27:38 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Well!


7 posted on 05/08/2009 7:29:06 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Photobucket

Would you like to up-size that to a medium or large turd?
8 posted on 05/08/2009 7:31:46 PM PDT by ZX12R
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9 posted on 05/08/2009 7:34:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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LOL


10 posted on 05/09/2009 7:07:03 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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