Episode
The dance of the dung beetle - Marcus Byrne
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- TED-Ed
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- Jul 18, 2026
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- 1433
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Summary
A dung beetle has a brain the size of a grain of rice, and yet shows a tremendous amount of intelligence when it comes to rolling its food source -- animal excrement -- home. How? It all comes down to a dance. (Filmed at TEDxWitsUniversity.)Talk by Marcus Byrne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices