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Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by pavlov on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @03:37PM (#15021586)
Ancient Egyptians considered dung beetles sacred, and believed that they were responsible for rejuvenating the sun during the night. Egyptians also had a keen spiritual and scientific interest in astronomy.

Now it's revealed that dung beetles can perceive the galaxy. Coincidence? I think not.

Obviously dung beetles are descended from a race of astronavigators who taught the Egyptians everything. They are the ancient astronauts. [Cue theremin music]

Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by ogun7 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @07:46PM (#15023798)
Actually they were named khpr as a manifestation of the deity Khpri who is the morning sun, having emerged from the night. The Ancient Egyptians described the sun as navigating a great river in the sky which was the Milky Way and a reflection of the Nile River on earth.
Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by ChuckMcM on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @04:44PM (#15022299)
It is often true that those that clean up the crap left by others are under appreciated :-)
Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by zoom6628 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:42PM (#15024067)
And they turn out to be more intelligent than those leaving the crap as well. :-)
Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by BartSaM on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @06:24PM (#15023281)
Is this Reddit now?
Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by bcbrown on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @07:29PM (#15023701)
pavlov's account was created 3130 days ago; that's 8.5 years. BartSam's account was created 37 days ago.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by jrimbault on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @08:50AM (#15027028)
Everyone should read the guidelines really.

>If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a common semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.

Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by BartSaM on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @08:58AM (#15027063)
I am on HN since many years, a user just recently. I was not implying that HN turns in to Reddit. I was implying that this comment is worthy Reddit, not HackerNews - a professional website that strives to hold on to some standards.

I have read the guidelines. Really.

Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by tim333 on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:10AM (#15028059)
There doesn't seem anything in the guidelines saying you shouldn't make jokes. Or it being a professional website for that matter.
Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by sethrin on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:19PM (#15030330)
This is true. However, while jokes are not expressly against the rules, the community moderation rarely favors them. Personally, I read a lot of Slashdot, and to some degree enjoy the level of humor, political debate, and anonymous commentary there. I find that the signal to noise ratio here is somewhat better. I don't think it likely that anyone would be banned for exclusively making joke comments, but generally I think the expectation is that while informative or insightful commentary may also be humorous, the primary purpose here is not entertainment.
Re:Dung Beetles Navigate via the Milky Way by ue_ on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @07:05PM (#15023551)
As it turns out, the only website found to have a sense of humour is Reddit. There are no other websites on the Internet on which humour is found in the wild /s