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Article: DAILY MIRROR MAN TAKES ON THE STRONGEST LIVING CREATURE; ..and loses by 6.99 London buses.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 9, 1996
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IT was man against insect yesterday. I challenged the power of an ugly little bug . . . and lost.
My conqueror was a rhinoceros beetle, three inches long. But defeat didn't make me feel too small - because the rhino beetle is the strongest creature on earth.
This mighty mite can lift 850 times its body weight in a single thrust.
That's more than an elephant or even a nightclub bouncer can manage.
Pathetic
In fact it's equal to a person ...