This morning I saw a program segment featuring dung beetles. It immediately reminded me of the typical office environment. Of course, in the office we don’t carry up to 250 times our own weight in dung, though psychologically it may feel like that at times. The guide for the clip, along with the voice of trusted zoo expert Jack Hanna, told us that dung beetles roll their own round spheres of dung from a pile of poop, then roll it to their destination. They appear to do this with their hind legs, backwards, head down.
If you’ve gone through a work day like that, you can relate.
The beetles will usually follow a straight line, even through obstacles. That’s like an office action plan.
By burying the dung, the soil gets fertilized. A dung beetle couple will mate and have their young inside the dung. I just made a poem, and a bell has rung.
Sorry, it was just getting kind of silly.
After a particularly busy week, I was running around like a headless chicken preparing to go out, when the wildlife program came on just after the morning news, to tell us about dung beetles. Thinking about it, they have a purpose to fulfill, like the typical office worker. We roll along with a singular purpose, and it does some good.
So be proud, even if you are a dung beetle.
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