Which insect can pull weights up to 1,141 times its own body weight?

The horned dung beetle (Onthophagus taurus), was found to be able to pull a whopping 1,141 times its own body weight, which is the equivalent of a 150-pound (70 kilogram) person lifting six full double-decker buses. While the study researcher knows of a mite that can take on a hair more, that organism is an arachnid, not an insect.

The finding, published in the current issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, does more than elevating the beetle's status, as it lends insight to questions of evolutionary biology.