MacroPhotography - Rhino Beetle (Oryctes Nasicornis)

dikkyamiputra (53)in #rhino • 6 years ago

Do you know what is actually the most powerful animal on planet earth. If you think the strongest animal is the elephant, bull or rhino then you are wrong. Yes, the allegations of most people will surely lead to such beasts. In absolute terms it is true. But if it is based on the percentage of load raised, they are nothing to the strongest animal on this one.

He is the Rhino Beetle, if we look at size and weight proportionately, this animal is able to lift a load that is much heavier than its own body burden.

Rhino beetle (Dynastinae) a subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names - certain groups of rhino beetles - are eg Beetle hercules, unicorn beetles or horned beetles. More than 300 species of rhino beetle have been identified.

Many rhinoceros beetles are famous for their unique shape and large size. Some well-known species are, for example, the atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas), Xylotrupes ulysses, Elephas Megasoma, European Rhinoceros (Oryctes nasicornis), beetles hercules (dynastes hercules), japan rhinoceros or kabutomushi (Allomyrina dichotoma) oxen (Strategic aloeus) and the unicorn beetle (Dynastes Tityus).

This animal is also known as the elephant beetle or beetle hercules, a name given to the various species of the Scarabaeidae family. With a size of only about 15 cm, the animal is able to lift the burden weighing 850 times its own body load. Wow!

This is a super strong animal. When lifting heavy objects, this animal is likened to a man who was lifting weights 60 tons or lifting 60 units of cars at once.

The most popular nickname for this animal is "Rhino", because the construction of this animal has a horned head resembling a rhinoceros horn that serves to fight against competitors who dare to try to seduce their partner. In other words this horn is used to fight for love.

Many people believe that the strongest animal on earth is the elephant. Yes, for a while it is true. Elephants are able to lift items weighing 2000 kilograms or 2 tons, but unfortunately this number is only 33% of the elephant's weight.

Compared with the rhinoceros beetle weighing 850 times more weight than its body, elephant is far less powerful than rhinoceros beetle if calculated in percentage. If this rhino beetle has the size of an elephant's body, it might be the world's largest bulldozer trying to push it.

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