Yes they are cool, especially the way they are shown in movie "The Mummy", eating people alive...all the way to the bone. I am fascinated my Ancient Egypt, and how the civilizations flourished....only time that I love History Class is when its about Ancient Civilizations (Egypt, Greece, Rome)

Will this thread become spam-city? Possibly. Just a heads up, I'm expecting. Not of course, that I'm accusing you of anything AoD, I mean Scarab! .

Leon, could you shrink your sig mate. It's enourmous, make it about 40% it's current size should do it. Cheers.

Aren't scarabs just dung bugs? The stuff shown in "The Mummy" was total nonsense.


It's better to be a worldwide known drunkard than an anonymous alcoholic!

yes they are just dung beetles, i know that
"the mummy" was all bollocks

I was looking through some old sports car racing magazines at a 2nd hand book store and came across a race car called a Scarab. It was raced as a GT-protothype class (SCCA) car in the US, mainly on the West Coast, I think. It was run against race prepared Ferrari 250 GTs, Jaguar XK series, Corvettes (!), Maseratis, etc. It didn't do badly but it didn't sweep the field either.

isn't it weird how we can love ladybugs, but we get freaked out and squash any other little black beetles that run in front of them, even though they're essentially the same thing?

Kyp

The other day, in study hall, i farted really loud, you know...so the guys would laugh...and i swear it was so hanus that Susie Johnson almost ralphed up her salsbury steak.
it was freakin sweet...

the same works for mice and rats...its just the same thing but bigger

They're dung beetles.

SCARAB BEETLES BEHAVIOR AND EATING HABITS
The dung beetles are classified into groups according to their behavior. They are named dung beetles because their diet consists of fecal material. Sounds gross, doesn’t it? Although unusual, their behavior and eating habits are very helpful for humans and the environment.

With geometric artistry, the dung beetles use their legs and mouth parts to fashion freshly laid dung into huge circular or pear-shaped structures and then roll them into an underground nest that has been prepared by both the male and the female. The female then lays a single egg into each ball of dung and then covers the nest with more dung and soil. When the eggs hatch, the larvae will feed on the fecal matter. Without this natural septic machine, the earth would be piled high with manure.

It is amazing that the dung beetles have the ability to roll balls of dung that weight up to fifty times their own weight. Some types of dung beetles eat particular types of dung, i.e. the dung of sheep, cow, horse, and camels. Another bizarre characteristic of certain beetles is that they eat other dung beetles and their eggs as well. The life expectancy for most dung beetles range from three to five years, with the longest lifelines for those kept in captivity.

(quoted from my daughter's fave web page insecta-inspecta.com)

Edited by - Phenobii on 2/20/2004 11:58:37 AM

All I know about Scarabs is that they're strong against buildings and weak against heroes.

*hint hint hint*

If you don't get it, go play AoM or AoT.

I thought you were referring to Starcraft.

yes i know, i liked those creatures, they were awesome when we first got em,
then we got the guardian, phew, we had bug soup for dinner


i got bored with "Scarab!", back to Aod for good.

Are you talking about AoM, Starcraft or neither??? I'm confused :S.

You're always confused!