Even if a grown man could pull 95,000 kilograms, he still would get shown up by the newly crowned world's strongest insect—proportionally speaking.
Researchers recently discovered that this honor should go to the Onthophagus
taurus dung
beetle, whose strongest males can pull some 1,140 times their own
body weight, the research team reported in a press release.
(Consolations to the rhinoceros beetle, which has frequently been given
the title for pulling about 850 times its weight.) The findings came
about as part of a study published online March 23 in Proceedings
of the Royal Society B.
"Insects are well known for being able to perform amazing feats of
strength, and it's all on account of their curious
sex lives," Robert Knell, of the School of Biological and Chemical
Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, and lead author of the
study, said in a prepared statement.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Observations: World's strongest animal effectively benches a thousand times its body weight
Author: Katherine
Harmon
