Animals

The March of the Red Crab
A Moth Find a New Home
Suicidal Birds
A leopard and A cheetah
The Spectacular Hornbill
The Antelope with an extraordinary nose
Masquerading Males
Tiny But Powerful
Electric Fishes
Paternal Care
Hairless Cat
Passionate Parrot
Calling Out To Mother
Hot Wheels
Discs On Their Wings
Two-humped Camels
Frozen Frog
Silken Chambers
Earth Pig
Swordsman of the Sea
The Ostrich Trick
Electrifying Meal
Bizarre Turtle
Grey Whales
The Flying Lemur
The Winged Fishing Creature
Llamas
A Different Sort of a Parrot
The Tailless Cat
The Ancestor Of The Rhino
Acquisitive Wood Rats
The Butterflyfish
The Amazing Jumper
The Largest Deer
The Devil’s Coach-Horse
The Porcupine With A Prehensile Tail
The Irritating Fencing
The Acrobatic Otter
The Busy Termite Colony
Superb Mimics
The Canary
Snow Monkey
Jumping Spiders
Glass Lizard
Beetle Rhino
The World’s Smallest Bear
Hygienic Ants
Flat as a Pancake
The Carpet Shark
The Centipede Walk

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Beetle Rhino

There is a beetle that looks like a miniature rhinoceros complete with a horn. The rhinoceros beetle is said to be the strongest creature in the insect world because it can carry approximately 850 times its own weight which is about 20 gms.
That would be like a man carrying 76 cars on his back. Even the elephant can only carry about 25% of its own weight.
The 1/2-cm-long horn enables the beetle to forage through the heavy litter on the jungle floor. It uses its horn to dig into the ground and bury itself deep when it senses danger. The male beetle also uses its horn to fight battles with other males. Only the males have a horn.

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Last updated on :3/31/2005