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A dung beetle that path integrates without the use of landmarks

Unusual amongst dung beetles, Scarabaeus galenus digs a burrow that it provisions by making repeated trips to a nearby dung pile. Even more remarkable is that these beetles return home moving backwards, with a pellet of dung between their hind legs. Here, we explore the strategy that S. galenus uses...

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Autores principales: Dacke, Marie, el Jundi, Basil, Gagnon, Yakir, Yilmaz, Ayse, Byrne, Marcus, Baird, Emily
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7700071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32902692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01426-8