Beetles make up a quarter of all known animal life on Earth. A QUARTER! Beetles are everywhere, doing almost everything. From eating flesh off skeletons to making poop disappear, these little buggers make the world a lot less gross for the rest of us… and look cool doing it. With a little help from the Smithsonian’s beetle experts, we’ll discover why these tiny powerhouses are so wildly diverse, why Ancient Egyptians considered them sacred, and what makes a dung beetle beautiful. (Yes, really.) Get ready to see beetles in a whole new light. Just watch where you step.
**Guests:**
**Inger Toraason**, osteological specimen preparator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of National History's Osteo Prep Lab
**Floyd Shockley**, entomologist and collections manager for the Department of Entomology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
**Frank Krell**, coleopterist and curator of beetles at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
