Dung Beetles Do the Dirty Work Field Day Looks at Nature's Cleanup Crew
September 08, 2010
September 08, 2010
COOK STATION, Mo., Sept. 8 -- The University of Missouri College of Food & Natural Resources issued the following news release:
For people, cowpats are smelly obstacles, but some creatures call them home.
"To dung beetles, a dung pat is an ephemeral island in a hostile sea of grass," said University of Missouri research associate Kent Fothergill at a recent dung beetle field day at MU Wurdack Farm in the Ozarks.
About two dozen people sp . . .
For people, cowpats are smelly obstacles, but some creatures call them home.
"To dung beetles, a dung pat is an ephemeral island in a hostile sea of grass," said University of Missouri research associate Kent Fothergill at a recent dung beetle field day at MU Wurdack Farm in the Ozarks.
About two dozen people sp . . .