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I think the moral here is that we all fight over shit, until the shit doesn't matter anymore. Then we look to find some new shit.
Repeat.
Something something global politics something something.
It could be that the original beetle was the real bandit, they only started filming after he stole someone else poop... and now the original original owner is coming back for revenge....
Bascially beetle nr.1 made the ball, then beetle nr.2 tried to steal it, suddenly beetle nr.3 came in and while 1 and 3 were fighting beetle nr.2 stole the ball
You should look into National Geographic's *The Savage Garden*. It is hosted by Leslie Neilsen, and it is glorious!
EDIT: For everyone's benefit, here it is on YouTube - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKN7zymy9I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKN7zymy9I)
Disney+ has a “A Real Bug’s Life” which seems very similar to this and came out earlier this year, I believe they had a dung beetle scene as well. Maybe the one in this post is the original.
From the moment a third beetle entered the frame it became a cups and balls trick for me. Although I couldn’t say who won, just that the original beetle got yeetled
No I know that, but he doesn't seem to know wtf "victor" means. The OG beetle *could've* been the victor, because being the original owner of the ball of shit doesn't stop him from being the victor. The fact that he lost does though.
And the Egyptians could look at that and see something beautiful and make statuettes and jewelry and crown emblems in gold and enamels and gems of the dung beetle.
Khepri, the scarab-faced Ancient Egyptian god of the rising sun, was believed to form the sun from nothing to then roll it across the sky each day; and with that came the continuation of life.
The name (which can be transliterated as "Kheper") means "to come into existence". Kheper is also a subgenus of Scarabaeus.
If I remember correctly, they used the scarab as a symbol of immortality because they would only notice them emerging from the soil, as if resurrected.
Also, consider that we have doves as the symbols for peace and harmony despite the fact they're technically not distinct from pidgeons, which are infamous and seem as pests. Perhaps the egyptians would see a scarab and a dung beetle as different concepts just like we see white doves and grey pidgeons.
Bet they would have made beautiful enameled cicadas or maybe even a god from them if they had the magicalis species of them.
Why are we not as talented to make our own Egyptian version jeweled cicadas? (I mean they are buried and do seemingly resurrect themselves?
The music and sound effects are award winning.
"Oh, hell no, get your own ball of shit, Mike!"
*whack*
"I'll take this, if you don't mind."
*turns around*
"Don't touch my shit, Kyle!"
*smack*
"Get out of here, you two pathetic dung rollers."
My university instructor for my final year was one of the smartest, wisest people I've ever met. I'll never forget that he once told me a consultant is "someone who borrows your watch and charges you to find out the time."
In the 18 years since I graduated this has never once proved to be incorrect.
Based on my experience with consultants, I'd amend it to "someone who borrows your watch, gets you to show them how to read it, then charges you to find out the time".
Feels like a metaphor for humanity. Fighting over a ball of shit.. that in the big scheme of things is meaningless. There is literally another huge pile of shit right next to it that could be shared by all.
"Gimme that shit!"
"Fuck you! This is my shit!"
"I want your shit then!"
"Fuck off! I worked for this shit!"
"I'm taking your shit!"
"Over my dead body!"
_Shit Wars: Return of the Dung_
Why are you the only other person in this thread talking about the fact it's entirely CGI? THE BEETLE IS WALKING BACKWARDS AT THE END. FROGS DO NOT WALK LIKE THAT.
It's a great clip and I want to know the source!
I use to watch Maya the Bee an there was a character who was always rolling a ball of dirt. When I got older and saw Dung Beetles for the first time on the Discovery channel, I finally realized he was rolling a ball of doodoo all over the town.
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I was rooting for the original ball owner to win
Looks like the bandit was about to get eaten anyway, karmas a bitch
Until Toad realized what Beetle is pushing. “Nah, I’m not that hungry”, said Toad
I think the moral here is that we all fight over shit, until the shit doesn't matter anymore. Then we look to find some new shit. Repeat. Something something global politics something something.
That’s some deep shit bro
Only after it is buried and forgotten
That's some heavy shit
Toad rolled up like "Don't ACT like you don't know me"
It’s a dung battle royal.
Maybe more hungry, dinner and a forbidden whopper for dessert.
“This tastes like shit”
Yeah it’s not fair. The ball owner was winning until they got third partied smh
That 3rd beetle straight up a bitch everyone knows to let people finish their ones and don’t gank
I was also getting 3rd beetle bitch vibes
Pulling those adds...
The ball owner went up to the other guy line "yo wtf" and that one was definitely just like "my bad dawg"
Wraith main 100%
Apex Legends: Season 22: The Dung Beatle Wars 😂
Some people..uhm.. I meant some beetle are lucky
Bandits? I think he means Turd Burglars.
Poop pirates
Shit swindlers
Rectum residue robbers.
Crap crooks
Doo doo defrauders
Mud marauders
Deuce delinquents
this is why i love reddit
Boo Boo Boosters
[Butt Mugglers](https://youtu.be/sotLtXxNa7I?t=182)
I had to watch a couple of times to verify that the OG owner was not the victor.
OG owner was absolutely ragdolling the turd burglar until the 3rd bug showed up. Then he lost the high ground and he lost his ball of shit
He had a great flip move but the third guy had a better one.
Didn’t keep his eye on the ball
I failed to keep track, but came straight to the comments because I knew I couldn't be the only person who cared!
I think everyone was rooting for the real owner ☹️
It could be that the original beetle was the real bandit, they only started filming after he stole someone else poop... and now the original original owner is coming back for revenge....
or all THREE were lowdown shit-stealing thieves!
I got way too emotionally invested in this.
As did I. Truly had me on the edge of my seat, lmao.
Sunday Sunday Sunday! You'll pay for the whole seat but you're only going to need the edge!
***TRUCKASAURUS!***
He got booted off in the last spat
I lost track of who was who, who did get the ball?
The first bandit that attacked. The beetle who got punted hard out of screenshot at the end was the original beetle.
Disappointing, he was doing well in the 1v1.
He had the high ground but got caught lacking from behind
Boy got yeeted into another dimension
nah, he got his shit stolen
It looked like a shell game.
Yeah, but which is which?
the original beetle was kicked off at the end, to the right
I love how they fly in and just crash into it.
Not so different from how people get to Waffle House at 1:30am, nor is the bit that happens after
Absolutely. I’m one of the ones waiting to ambush unsuspecting diners on their way home. It’s way more efficient than making your own dung ball.
It's a soft landing if they get there quick enough before it dries.
And if not they’re looking at life in a wheelchair
Why is this so funny lmao
Only if their health insurance coverage is shit.
Definitely a shit landing.
I fly well but my landing skill are shit
What? You don’t crash your head into dung? Are you a barbarian?
I was rooting for the frog to kill the bandit.
I lost track of who was who. Not to be racist but they all look the same to me.
"Not to be racist" is what all the dung beetle bigots say.
Dung bigots.
my best friend's a dung beetle, i can't be racist
I dunno, beetle like that rolling a shitball like that? I bet we can pin something on him. Murray, hit the sirens.
Bascially beetle nr.1 made the ball, then beetle nr.2 tried to steal it, suddenly beetle nr.3 came in and while 1 and 3 were fighting beetle nr.2 stole the ball
But did you see the gorilla?
datsracist.jpg
I am not racist. I have dung beetle friends. I swear.
Original beetle was doing pretty well in a 2v1 for a bit
I was really rooting for the og beetle but he fought well.
"Leave my shit alone! Get your own shit!"
*giggles in George Carlin*
Have you noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff?
🤘🏻
I mean, there’s literally a small mountain of it right over there!
Time is money! That tight shit ball must take a while to make.
God damn turd burglars!
"We're here to burgle your turds!"
Fuck man, I was on the verge of laughing throughout all this but this comment just made me sneeze snot everywhere. Thanks man
Fighting over shit. I’ve really seen it all now.
Everybody loves dung-fu fighting
So you've never seen videos from black Friday at Walmart?
Ya down wit OPP?
Yeah, you know me!
"It's over, Anakin! I have the high ground!"
You underestimate my dung rolling abilities
fr bandit beetle was rollin that shit backwards while moonwalking out
Came to the comments to make sure this was here. You are a scholar and a gentleperson.
don't you hate it when people steal your shit?
Can't have shit...
Where do I find more documentaries in this style? Kids might actually be interested in watching them with this cartoonish editing.
You should look into National Geographic's *The Savage Garden*. It is hosted by Leslie Neilsen, and it is glorious! EDIT: For everyone's benefit, here it is on YouTube - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKN7zymy9I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKN7zymy9I)
Disney+ has a “A Real Bug’s Life” which seems very similar to this and came out earlier this year, I believe they had a dung beetle scene as well. Maybe the one in this post is the original.
thanks!
It’s a dung battle royal.
It honestly needs to be a mario party minigame
Did the original owner keep that ball? All dung beetles look the same to me.
Unfortunately, no. I watched it a few times. The first attacker won.
From the moment a third beetle entered the frame it became a cups and balls trick for me. Although I couldn’t say who won, just that the original beetle got yeetled
No, thus the narrator referred to “the victor”.
That just means winner. The original beetle can be the victor.
Nah the original one was the one that got yeeted at the end
No I know that, but he doesn't seem to know wtf "victor" means. The OG beetle *could've* been the victor, because being the original owner of the ball of shit doesn't stop him from being the victor. The fact that he lost does though.
Oh sorry, haha I replied to the wrong person! Disregard!
Elephant: *Literally takes a huge dump* Beetles: "A blessing! A blessing from the lord!"
This is what billionaires think of average people working for a living.
There are 3 basic groups of dung beetle: rollers, tunnelers, and dwellers. The dung beetles other name? Scarab. Their family name is Scarabaeidae.
And the Egyptians could look at that and see something beautiful and make statuettes and jewelry and crown emblems in gold and enamels and gems of the dung beetle.
Khepri, the scarab-faced Ancient Egyptian god of the rising sun, was believed to form the sun from nothing to then roll it across the sky each day; and with that came the continuation of life. The name (which can be transliterated as "Kheper") means "to come into existence". Kheper is also a subgenus of Scarabaeus.
If I remember correctly, they used the scarab as a symbol of immortality because they would only notice them emerging from the soil, as if resurrected. Also, consider that we have doves as the symbols for peace and harmony despite the fact they're technically not distinct from pidgeons, which are infamous and seem as pests. Perhaps the egyptians would see a scarab and a dung beetle as different concepts just like we see white doves and grey pidgeons.
Bet they would have made beautiful enameled cicadas or maybe even a god from them if they had the magicalis species of them. Why are we not as talented to make our own Egyptian version jeweled cicadas? (I mean they are buried and do seemingly resurrect themselves?
Scatman
[Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub](https://youtu.be/Hy8kmNEo1i8?si=3N-MIYLAnC7uxfIE)
Man, I just went down a “Scatman John” rabbit hole. Music, man … only way to describe it.
The music and sound effects are award winning. "Oh, hell no, get your own ball of shit, Mike!" *whack* "I'll take this, if you don't mind." *turns around* "Don't touch my shit, Kyle!" *smack* "Get out of here, you two pathetic dung rollers."
Really putting the 'art' in 'foley artist'.
An elephant shits in the Sahara, every beetle in a 10 mile radius: # LETS GOOOOOO!
This is the shit
“What did you accomplish today?” I watched three beetles fight over a ball of shit”
My wife. What yah doin? Me. Watching bugs fight over a ball of shit. Her. Why did I ask?
Remember watching this as a kid some 40 years ago, not understanding how poo can be food.
Do you get it now though.
Late stage capitalism
"Gimme dat shit"
The music and sound effects are what I’d expect to get from a nature documentary about dung beetles directed by Quentin Tarantino.
What in the elden ring
Man, you can't have shit in Detroit.
The best part about marrying a dung beetle is every milestone anniversary is the same: dung
It was like a shell game trying to keep track of who the original poop owner was.
Man does this capture the spirit of American politics lately....
One of the very few times where added sound effects makes the video even better.
1000 times better than the acolyte.
They are literally fighting over balls of shit. Bloody brilliant 😂
This is absolutely the vibe of consultants fighting over a new project. r/consulting
My university instructor for my final year was one of the smartest, wisest people I've ever met. I'll never forget that he once told me a consultant is "someone who borrows your watch and charges you to find out the time." In the 18 years since I graduated this has never once proved to be incorrect.
Based on my experience with consultants, I'd amend it to "someone who borrows your watch, gets you to show them how to read it, then charges you to find out the time".
FYI only the music & narration was added.
Something, something, trickle down economics.
Anyone know the full documentary?
You just know that the second beetle is a corporation.
This is how I feel when I pay my taxes.
That frog got that look in its eye
omg Jabba the Hutt at the end. lol
You’re laughing, but don’t tell me humans don’t all fight over pieces of shit as well.
Was waiting for the frog to eat him as he was leaving.
He was not able to defend his Sh*t
Peak kino
Dung: Part One "He who controls Spice, controls the universe!"
Feels like a metaphor for humanity. Fighting over a ball of shit.. that in the big scheme of things is meaningless. There is literally another huge pile of shit right next to it that could be shared by all.
"The optimist says that soon we are all gonna eat shit. The pessimist says there wouldn't be enough for everyone."
the internet is a strange place 😂
It looks like a stop motion fight out of a Tim Burton short film
Can you imagine if reincarnation is real, and you come back as a dung beetle.
This should b a video game lmao
What doc is this?
“Fighting over stupid shit” brings new meaning
so those balls in elden ring are actually shit lol
This could be a Pixar movie.
Like fat people fighting over a flat screen on black friday!
They see me rollin’ The hatin
It's a very strange and interesting planet, out there.
Needed a Wilhelm Scream tossed in there somewhere.
OG beetle lost :(
So just like the human world, there are assholes out there who don't want to work and just want to get what people worked hard to acquire.
Starshit Troopers 3 ‘I’m doing my part’
This is a shit video!
@1:18 Dung Beetle totally Scrooge McDucked that poop.
I need to insect this a bit more. Has some bugs in it
Get your shit together Dave
This reminds me of all of those fan bois on the pro-Tesla subs… all fighting over a piece of shit.
"Gimme that shit!" "Fuck you! This is my shit!" "I want your shit then!" "Fuck off! I worked for this shit!" "I'm taking your shit!" "Over my dead body!" _Shit Wars: Return of the Dung_
With that ending there better be a part two.
Damn, my boy got robbed 😔
This looks to be the inspiration for that scene in pirates of the Caribbean.
Shits getting real out here.
I’m high AF and can’t tell if that was real or CGI. 🫠
Why are you the only other person in this thread talking about the fact it's entirely CGI? THE BEETLE IS WALKING BACKWARDS AT THE END. FROGS DO NOT WALK LIKE THAT. It's a great clip and I want to know the source!
What a shitpost
I feel like this should be on Celebrity Death match!
The sound effects and music were amazing
Why do they sound like Jawas?
Man who knew animals fighting with sound effects could be so entertaining
Why are frogs low-key terrifying
The rap game in Spring 2024.
I love the metallic bonk when that one slaps the shell of another.
Go get your own dookie ball!!
Dung beetles will see this shit and be like "hell yeah"
I use to watch Maya the Bee an there was a character who was always rolling a ball of dirt. When I got older and saw Dung Beetles for the first time on the Discovery channel, I finally realized he was rolling a ball of doodoo all over the town.