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Record 1 1980-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

At night, when the endocoprids and the diggers make their great rush to dung, the ball rollers have only minutes in which to secure dung from fesh piles or from piles that have accumulated during the day.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

En revanche, durant la nuit, lorsque les endocoprides et les "enfouisseurs" se précipitent en foule, les "rouleurs de balles" ne disposent que de quelques minutes pour mettre en lieu sûr leurs parts d'excréments.

Spanish

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