Beetle keeps rivals off scent of food buried for offspring

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Scientists think that goop from beetles might do more than just slow decay of their prey. It also appears to hide the scent of the decomposing bounty and boosts another odor that repels competitors.

Some beetles go to great -- and disgusting -- lengths for their children.

"It helps them to hide their resource from others," said Stephen Trumbo, who studies animal behaviour at the University of Connecticut and led the new research, published Thursday in The American Naturalist. "They try to keep everyone away." Burying beetles and other things that feed on dead animals -- including vultures, opossums and maggots -- race each other to track down carcasses. Competition is stiff even among burying beetles, which use special antennae to detect the remains from afar.

 

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