True Facts About The Dung Beetle

I kid you not, i have these in my backyard in Florida. And i have a huge patio. When i take my dog out to poop i leave it there. And next day its gone. These little guys are sooo convenient ❤️❤️❤️

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks "is this stool taken?"

"The dung beetle survives by soley eating the faces of other animals. That's terrifying. Oh wait that's feces. That's worse."
That was hilarious.

How the hell does this guy not have his own nature show

It's amazing how he gets it so spherical.

Fact:
Dung beetles can carry up to a thousand times it body weight.
That's like a human lifting an humpback whale.

I honestly think my favourite parts of the True Fact videos are when zefrank inevitably cracks up. It's pretty adorable.

Bro, you are hilarious! Started off looking for some info on the Dung Beetle, but now I have a feeling I'm going to be watching a hell of a lot more of your videos! :) I don't subscribe to channels, never really find them that interesting.... This one I'll be subscribing to. :) Cheers!

‘’Along the way he must face challengers that seek to claim his turd ball’’
Ah yes, nature is a beautiful place

I really appreciate how he made all the crap shovellers out there feel ok about their jobs at the end. What a nice guy 👍

" The female dung beetle can empty the contents of its fecal sac onto would-be mates or predators, then make a hasty getaway. I once saw a woman trying to do the same to a man at a party". Robert Fulghum

"Imagine getting into a car and putting your head face-down on the seat and then steering with your butt."
I guess that makes dung beetles extremely reckless drivers, they have their butts turned to the road.

When a male dung beetle gets lost, it refuses to ask for directions despite the constant nagging of the female dung beetle.

These things are so strong. I once tried holding one on my hand and i closed my fingers together but the beetle really just pushed my fingers apart and went throught

“Face challengers who seek to take his turd ball” 😂🤣 lmao dude! I was not expecting that in the commentary I was showing my son different beetles and this was the top video on shit beetles 😂😂 to dope man! 👍🏼👍🏼

This gives a new meaning to the phrase that's some good shit

"Like how ancient sailors once did. Except without the giant ball of shi-"

Amazingly, dung beetles really do navigate using the Milky Way for orientation, the first & only known species to do so in the entire animal kingdom (other than ancient sailors, of course)

This man should get all medals in the world! I watched some of your videos now and i gotta say youre one of the funniest and most original persons ive seen so far in years. Thanks for the videos! Im crackin up!

I haven't laughed this hard in a long long time. Thank you man.
Edit: I am really sad to just bump into this channel. Great stuff.

I'm pushing 70. Growing up in rural Tennessee these Twin Beetle and Ball combinations were everywhere. I was amazed at how fast two bugs could roll a ball of dung. But, they disappeared; haven't seen one in 40-years. Lots of living things are no longer here, and a lot of living things that were never here are everywhere.

I’ve watched this many many times over the years. Run away Santa baby makes me laugh hysterically every time.

Imagine being reincarnated into a dung beetle...

Hahahaha.....love the guy talking !!! Especially when he got the giggles at the end talking about the Female dung beetle rolling the dung ball and adding saliva & her own dung
Dung. Dung. Dung. Dung. That word sounds funny LOL

"They see me rollin', they hatin'.".

If I ever become a science teacher, I will definitely be playing these videos and make the students test on what they learned.

Every time I see a dung beetle rolling away my dogs poo, I thank him. Also, why is watching them roll away while the female is smashed repeatedly so hilarious to me 😂

Nature certainly has a dark side. Our wonderful narrator also brings a dark side to the party, that's why he's so special

In ohio, of the USA, I had a dog pen where ordinary beatles frequently emerged from the ground to eat the dog poo that I had not managed to clean up; This must be a thing that happens all over the planet. It was grotesque, and fascinating at the same time.

I actually do shovel crap on an animal exhibit. It's actually not that bad of a job compared to dealing with people. At least the crap I deal with is literal.

I don't know if this makes me a good parent or not - but my son asked about the dung beetle and I was compelled to find this video and show it to him.
I've learned more useless trivia about more animals that I don't really give a shit about from your videos than I care to admit, even though I just admitted it.

Circle of life... so true. That Santa baby sadly didn't make it.

There’s so much more to dung beetles than this little tongue-in-cheek snippet: they improve soil quality, they eliminate the flies/mosquitoes/parasites and hence the necessity for pesticides, and they greatly reduce the harmful gases produced in the course of digestion and elimination of food wastage.

Brings new meaning to “my boyfriend’s gotta sweet ride”...

This was the last thing that I watched before I fell asleep so I had a dream that I fried my own poo then ate it. I've never had a revolting morning like this before.

After digging its nest and laying its eggs, it fetches a ball of dung from a nearby heap
to plug the entrance; if the ball of dung is removed from its grasp en route, the beetle continues on and pantomimes plugging the nest with the nonexistent dung ball, never noticing that it is missing =))

1:19 "Sort of like how ancient sailors once did, except without the giant ball of shi-" 😂

Dung beetles and Sisyphus have been doing similar jobs...
Both are metaphorical figures of the tiresome life of humans.

"No matter how bad your job is, even if you shovel crap for a living, at least you are not doing it naked...and with your mouth...and then eating it" 2:03
Once again, Zefrank provides the mental nutrients for me to perform this week's tasks at work.

Please do an episode on the bombardier beetle! Thank you.

dung beetles and vultures are two of natures efficient and important waste disposal technicians.

"The circle of life..." and "Run, baby Santa!" are EPIC. Thank you

Dung beetles are actually really cool. Honestly, if we weren't so weirded out by poop we'd probably consider them mega badass bugs. You see the fight at 1:30? That's like right offa Worldstar.

I've been binge watching these. More please.

OMG! I can't stop laughing this guy narrates so brilliantly. I learned stuff but, I can't stop laughing. 😂🤣''Imagine putting your face in the seat and driving the car with your butt'' that's how the dung beetle do. 😂💩🤣💩😂💩🐜💩🦗💩🤣💩

I like how those scarabs from The Mummy were inspired by these.
Murderous, flesh eating horrors derived from shitball-rolling bugs.

video is released:
Everyone:
TheXvid recommendations 7 years later: *Hey, wanna know some facts about poop beetles?*
Quarantined me: *...perhaps*

I always love this narrator lmao he reminds me of me sometimes also I feel like ive commented something like this before so maybe I'm just repeating myself from the past but who cares.

I've been searching for this for so long!
I literally first watched this with my parents 3 years ago lmao

I suspect this real-life observation to be the origin of the Greek myth of Sisyphus, who was sentenced by the gods to push a boulder up a steep hill, only to have it get away from him and roll all the way back down again , at which point he had to start the whole process over again. Forever.

These videos are great you learn something and laugh at the same time love the guys voice

"Eats the faces of other animals..."
Good lord I lost it there xDD

This totally cracked me up...
"... just remember , no matte this bad your job is, even if you shovel crap for a living at least you are not doing it naked, and with your mouth and then eating it." 😳😆🤣

Man I love these videos.
You have cured my depression.

i love these videos. full of facts yet so fricken funny

run away, Santa baby

A dung chariot. How romantic.

I can't explain it. I somehow missed the fact that these are hilarious. After naming "Sad Dog Diaries" as the funniest internet video of all time, I never even watched one of your nature videos. Not one. I am as ashamed as the dung beetle.

Lmao I died when he said “that is how the dung beetle do” 😂😂😂

this is another way to learn about animals an adult version i love it

"Do we have to bring this crap? I'm sure there's crap where we're going!"
"Ah! This was a gift from my mother!"
- a couple of dung beetles from Ice Age 2

why cant you be my biology teacher?!

"Dung beetles play a remarkable role in agriculture. By burying and consuming dung, they improve nutrient recycling and soil structure.[16] They also protect livestock, such as cattle, by removing the dung which, if left, could provide habitat for pests such as flies. Therefore, many countries have introduced the creatures for the benefit of animal husbandry. In developing countries, the beetles are especially important as an adjunct for improving standards of hygiene. The American Institute of Biological Sciences reports that dung beetles save the United States cattle industry an estimated US$380 million annually through burying above-ground livestock feces."
Holy shit!

I just love these facts about...anything zefrank 1 wants to talk about. Informative and hilarious.

If I am not mistaken, this life cycles revolves completely around poop. The dung beetle being nothing more than rearranged poop..or the poop being nothing more than rearranged dung beetle. How fascinating.

I wonder what its life consisted of the earlier stages of development before it evolved this far? What sort of a diet did it have before it got to the sh*t-eating stage?

Maybe this was a bad time for me to be eating a peanut butter sandwich while watching this.

I just about died laughing at this. Great stuff.

As a zookeeper, I feel that last line

“Uses the position of the sun, the moon, and even the Milky Way to reorient itself.”

I actually shovel crap for a living. So thank you. Truly inspirational.

Finally this is one of his videos that has minimal cursing that I can convince my teacher to play in class

Love the deadpan so-you-think-your-life-is-bad approach. Made my day.
No idea how I got here. I was watching a documentary about the Blue Arrows. Then this....
They weren't that bad...

Dung beetles would have made an excellent solution to medieval England's waste problems.
The can consume all the human waste polluting rivers and birds would keep their population in check.

Can’t get enough. These videos are the best part of my day

Dung Beetles are such Resourceful Creatures! Masters of Recycling & Turning Poop into Dating-Mating Transport Systems then into Nursery Homes... That is Shitty-Brilliant!

I found your TheXvid by accident.
I love it. I've shared the shit out of it.
Thank you!

This is the first time I have ever actually felt sorry for zefrank.

Excellent. Informative & very amusing to listen to.

Love how much more Morgan Freeman the narration was in the older episodes.

I have never had a more informative or humorous biology class.

In my next life I want to come back as a dung beetle!!

Nicely explained.Thank you.

This is the hardest I've laughed in a long time. Please don't ever stop!!!!!

As a farmer, I can't agree more with the last statement lol.

Hi there, what an amazing video that you posted!
Anyway, I'm Azel from Indonesia. I'm a scriptwriter for one of Indonesia's TV channels, Trans7 for Islampedia program. We're currently highlighting about dung beetle. Thus, do you mind if we use your video in our program? We will put the courtesy of your TheXvid channel, of course.
Thank you :)

Of course “Why is he stalking that Santa baby” is the sentence that makes me laugh then choke on water

You are hilarious! Thanks so much, stay safe and God bless.

OMG, I found you! I used to watch these videos over and over. Soooo funny!

Can someone explain how much a horned dung beetle can lift?

You can tell he had some fun with this one.

Thank you for making me laugh and helping with my homework at the same time

Wow. You actually learn everything when it's this funny.

"Along the way, he must face challengers, who seek to claim his turd-ball..." Imagine fighting over such a prize.

Once in Namibia I saw a dung beetle busily digging a hole for its poop ball, then get killed by another dung beetle, which continued digging the same hole, who then got killed by Another dung beetle, who finished the hole, buried the poop and was on its merry way.

These are so funny. I wish they hadn't stopped making them

Wow this narrator is awesome dude.. whole video I was keep on laughing 🤣

OMG. This guy could certainly have benefited from the ministrations of an orthodontist in his youth. Maybe even now.

Butch, the great dane we had on the ranch ate alot of horse shit and he was a full sized, healthy representation of his breed. Unlike them city great danes that look underfed and skinny like a greyhound. He was also on full feed with bacon greese dumped on it, he got into quite a few porcupines whete I had to yank the quils out of his aorry ass face and he would make quite the load around deerhunting season out of everybodys carcass piles. He lived a long 17 years bit we had to dictor him with steroids when his hind legs went out but he was back at full force after that. He was professionally trained as a gaurd dog and knew how to scare shady people from gettin out of thier vehicles and boy could he clamp down on an arm with his bear hunting sized bite.Not a good idea to wresle with him unless you wana feel his gigantic teeth crushing your arm bone. I also couldn't light fireworks arpund him cause he bite down on the explosion and that would just get him workes up and all in my buiseness for the next one. Sometimes youd be leaning on the wooden fence having a conversation and he'd come up on his hind legs and lean on the fence next to you and look down at you. He was probly the best, biggest and smartest farm dog you could ask for. I can't remember how many sun naps I took on the living room floor with the big lover while I was sposed to be working doing my chores or training horses. It's too bad dogs only have a short lifespan when they become so close to you and the family. I also miss my blue healer I lost when I left a relationship with a narcissistic farm girl. Blue healers have tons of energy, love going for rides on anything motorised, will do one eightys at frisby all day, lay in the sun with you.and always be toboggan scootin in the grass or on the snow hill. Just a happy go lucky farm dog always tryin to boss the other livestoc around like the chickens,rabbits, sheep and horses. Took her on a cannoo and she kept tryin to jump off for a swim but i grabbed her and said no since she had never swimmed before. I was gonna sneek through the back woods, steal her back and meat bqck up with a getaway driver bit I'd probly get caught so I chickened out. She would probly be happier on the farm anyway just sucks that I spent so much time raising her and running the farm with her. She used to ride in the crate on the front of my mimibike, ride shotgun on the 4wheeler and the gator and there no way to stop her. She would be so determined to go with that she'd run in front of the machine qnd bite the tires till you let her on she liked riding so bad.

When you’re extremely sad and you watch this and laugh but then cry at the same time