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uncommon
Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules
- Habitat
- Rainforests of Central & South America
- Body length
- 175 mm
- Order
- Coleoptera · Scarabaeidae
Weird but real
Can lift 850 times its own body weight, the strongest creature on Earth pound for pound.
Why it's cool
Males have horns longer than their bodies, and an iridescent chartreuse shell that shifts color with humidity.
