Dynastinae

Are you about to have a tough workout?
Do you have a huge project that’s due?
Is it time to stand up for yourself?
Do you need to get those heavy thoughts off your chest?

Whatever your need for strength may be, you need to hook up with some rhinoceros beetles--the undisputed weight-lifting champions of the world!

Relative to size, no other animal on the planet comes even close to these critters.  They can lift 850 times their own body weight.  That’s like a woman carrying around 76 cars on her back!  The guys have that distinctive beautiful horn on their heads, which they use to fight each other over gobbling grounds.  That’s how they attract the ladies; whoever has the best spread wins the fair maiden!

Rhinoceros Beetles are doing just fine, but many of them live in the world’s rainforests, and rainforests could sure use some TLC.  Visit the Rainforest Conservation Fund (www.rainforestconservation.org) to learn more about many of these animal athletes’ homes.