Today I Found Out

How the Dung Beetle Uses the Stars to Navigate (2015x104)

Air date: Aug 13, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http:/→“happy dance,” but now we know better—it actually helps the dung beetle get its bearings as it dances around in circles, looking at the stars. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/dung-beetles-use-stars-navigate-2/ Sources: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2812%2901507-2 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/science/space/stars-gold-dung-beetles-and-us.html?_r=1& http://www.livescience.com/26557-dung-beetles-navigate-stars.html http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/24/dung-beetles-navigate-via-the-milky-way-an-animal-kingdom-first/ http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/national-wildlife/animals/archives/2014/animal-navigation.aspx http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21570674-insect-steers-milky-way-stars-their-eyes http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=711 Image Credit: http://i.livescience.com/images/i/000/035/922/i02/dung-beetle-head-shield.jpg?1359042080 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Danube_Salmon_-_Huchen_(Hucho_hucho).jpg