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This Is Not A Typo: One In Four Animals Known To Science Is A Beetle
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:10:31
Publish Date: 2020-09-10 08:00:40
Description: NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce had to know more when she recently heard this mind-bending fact for the first time: a quarter of all known animal species are beetles.

Turns out — it's not just that beetles are incredibly diverse. It's that they inspire a lot of passionate study within the scientific community. But there's at least one other animal that might give beetles a run for their money.

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