Dung beetles are fascinating insects that play a crucial role in our ecosystem by removing and recycling animal feces. These underrated creatures can be found
the neighbourhood. He added that as the number of village elephants decreases, it becomes more difficult to find elephant dung beetle tunnels. This assertion is in line with the findings of a study carried out in Malaysia on beetles visiting elephant dung which states that most of the species ...
These practices consist in the therapeutic use of elephant urine and faeces including the fecal material found in the brood chambers that beetles fashion from the elephant dung. We will place these uses in perspective with the other similar uses of animal excreta presented in Additional file 1: ...