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PGE \* MERGEFORMT PGE \* MERGEFORMT 1 屎壳郎力量最大的昆虫  sculpture of dung beetle on top of bll of dung. The beetle, k Onthophgus turus, hs been clled the worlds strongest insect by British nd ustrlin scientists, s it cn pull 1,141 times its own body weight -- the equivlent of 70-kilogrmme (154-pound) person being ble to lift 80 tonnes, the weight of six double-decker buses.  The worlds strongest insect is type of mle dung beetle which needs its power to be ble to mte with femles in niml feces, British nd ustrlin scientists sid Wednesdy.  Onthophgus turus cn pull 1,141 times its own body weight -- the equivlent of 70-kilogrmme (154-pound) person being ble to lift 80 tonnes, the weight of six double-decker buses.  The extrordinry strength of mny of the beetles is due to their unusul mting rrngements.  Even weker members of the species hve compensting trit in evolutionry terms -- huge testicles which increse their chnces of fertilising femle.  Insects re well known for being ble to perform mzing fets of strength nd its ll on ccount of their curious sex lives, sid Dr Rob Knell of Queen Mry, University of London, one of the reserchers.更多信息请访问： ://.24en /  Femle beetles of this species dig tunnels under dung pt, where mles mte with them.  If mle enters tunnel tht is lredy occupied by rivl, they fight by locking horns nd try to push ech other out.  Knell dded tht some mle dung beetles re smller nd weker, but do not hve to fight for femle ttention due to their substntilly bigger testicles.  This suggests they snek behind the bck of the other mle, witing until hes looking the other wy for chnce to mte with the femle, he sid.  Insted of growing super strength to fight for femle, they grow lots more sperm to increse their chnces of fertilising her eggs nd fthering the next genertion.  Onthophgus turuss mzing fets of strength re chronicled by Knell nd Professor Leigh Simmons of the University of Western ustr