One of the smaller exotic specimens we spotted during our safari was the African dung beetle, who spends the majority of its time eating and rolling dung into perfectly round balls for its offspring to live off of. This unsung hero (or garbage man, if you like) of the African wilderness works tirelessly to break up dung and bury it, thus fertilizing the land.
Unfortunately for this particular dung beetle, he and the large ball of dung he spent hours rolling were run over by the van following us. Seconds after I snapped his picture, we heard a loud crunching sound and that was the end of poor Mr. Dung Beetle!
