What makes dung beetles so strong?

Another way of looking at it is that if a dung beetle can lift it's own weight, then if it were to double in size, it could only lift half of its weight, without developing proportionally bulkier muscles. This topic was famously covered in a 1928 essay by JBS Haldane, called "On being the right size". read more

Dung Beetle decided she would try. She went off on her own for a very long time. Dung Beetle tried all sorts of exercises and challenges to become strong. Through continued effort she became very strong. At last, she returned to her friend Butterfly. To show Butterfly how strong she had become, Dung Beetle fashioned some huge balls of Elephant's dung. read more

The beetles' secret, according to Rob Knell of Queen Mary, University of London, who superglued cotton thread to the insects' legs and tied the other end to a pulley, is sex. The males have to be strong enough to battle rivals. read more