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| Title: | Beetles of the World |
| Authors: | Venkateswaran, T.V. |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | When theologians asked the famous biologist JBS
Haldane, ‘what could be inferred about the mind of the Creator from the works
of His creation’, he quipped in jest: “The Creator, if he exists, has a special
preference for beetles.” True. The living world is predominated by various
kinds of beetles – small, big, stout and slim. No other group of animals
exhibits such a range of size, colour and shape. Imagine, one in four species
in the world is a beetle and they account for 40% of all known insect
species. How come the world is full of
beetles? |
| Page(s): | 29-32 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0036-8512 |
| Source: | SR Vol.48(01) [January 2011]
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