The African Savannah's Secret Cleanup Crew | Wildlife Icons

In this episode of Wildlife Icons, we discover how Africa's smallest icons keep its biggest animals going. Elephants digest less than half of what they eat, and a single bull can produce up to 50 tons of dung a year. For dung beetles, that's food, a nursery and something worth fighting for. Almost 16,000 beetles from up to 150 species have been found on a single pile of dung. On the African savannah, dung beetles clear about a ton of dung per hectare every year, and they've been doing this job since the age of the dinosaurs. Subscribe to Love Nature: https://www.youtube.com/lovenature?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LoveNatureTV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovenature TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovenatureofficial Welcome to Love