Which insect can pull weights up to 1,141 times its own body weight?

How did they measure the strength of a beetle? Why does this beetle need such prodigious strength? Why doesn't the explanatory text answer the questions it raises?

devijun56, The beetle needs the strength to roll a ball of dung long distances to it's nest site and often has to fight off other dung beetles, trying to steal it's dung ball It's typically elephant dung. Interestingly, they navigate by the the sun and get confused if they are deprived of its light.

This question makes me think of another perplexing question about animals ..."what's the average weight of a sparrow"? nudge nudge wink wink

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dung beetles are the strongest animals on earth

devijun56, which questions Dev. it's easy to measure the weight of the insect, simply out it on a scale

what it was easy

_khushi_, L

I don't like Insects

Pimpao +, well said sir.