Body length2.5 hundredths m
8.3 hundredthsLily pad diameters
1,667White blood cells
1.4 hundredthsBookcase heights
About 10-30 mm depending on species
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Dung Beetle
The strongest animal on Earth relative to its body weight/Insects & Arachnids
Dung beetles are nature's sanitation workers, rolling balls of animal dung across the landscape to bury and eat. The horned dung beetle (Onthophagus taurus) can pull 1,141 times its own body weight, making it the strongest animal on Earth relative to size. Some species navigate by the Milky Way, making them the only known insects to use the stars for orientation. They recycle an astonishing amount of waste and are genuinely essential to healthy ecosystems.
Measurements
Body mass3 thousandths kg
2.7 sextillionDNA base pairs
500 quadrillionthsGreat Pyramid masses
2.9 millionthsSmall cars
About 3 grams
Maximum pulling force33.5 N
67,000Raindrop weights
6.7 tenthsHandshake grips
33.5 billionDust motes
1,141 times body weight for O. taurus
Rolling speed8 hundredths m/s
4 millionthsMeteorites
4 hundredthsHouseflies
When rolling a dung ball
Dung ball mass5 hundredths kg
2.8 tenthsNavel oranges
167 trillionthsSupertanker loads
956 trillionthsTitanics
Typical ball, up to 10x body mass
Dung ball diameter4 hundredths m
948 billionthsMarathon distances
3.3 thousandthsHouse widths