http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/25/the-mightiest-mite-dung-beetle-is-crowned-worlds-strongest-bug/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Mon, 21 May 2012 04:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/25/the-mightiest-mite-dung-beetle-is-crowned-worlds-strongest-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-414830 Ashley Pomeroy Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:19:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=12414#comment-414830 Imagine if we could train these to fight the Taliban. They would scuttle into their tents in the dead of night and carry them off. Or if the army could gather five hundred of them and use them to pull artillery pieces. The military applications are endless. Stretcher bearers; cluster bomb payload; parachute them en masse over enemy positions; coat them in poison and use them as plague weapons. God damn. Imagine if we could train these to fight the Taliban. They would scuttle into their tents in the dead of night and carry them off. Or if the army could gather five hundred of them and use them to pull artillery pieces. The military applications are endless. Stretcher bearers; cluster bomb payload; parachute them en masse over enemy positions; coat them in poison and use them as plague weapons. God damn.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/25/the-mightiest-mite-dung-beetle-is-crowned-worlds-strongest-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-155088 Shane Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:52:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=12414#comment-155088 Wow, that is massive, I could not believe that a male could pull that amount that is huge. So how do you at the university go about this and why!! Does it really have a use. I am just asking a question. Are you lookiing at how we can improve robotic, building structure!!! Like that article Wow, that is massive, I could not believe that a male could pull that amount that is huge. So how do you at the university go about this and why!! Does it really have a use. I am just asking a question. Are you lookiing at how we can improve robotic, building structure!!!
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