The dung beetle dance: an orientation behaviour?
An interesting feature of dung beetle behaviour is that once they have formed a piece of dung into a ball, they roll it along a straight path away from the dung pile. This straight-line orientation ensures that the beetles depart along the most direct route, guaranteeing that they will not return to...
Main Authors: | Emily Baird, Marcus J Byrne, Jochen Smolka, Eric J Warrant, Marie Dacke |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3261170?pdf=render |
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