# The African Savannah's Secret Cleanup Crew | Wildlife Icons

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In this episode of Wildlife Icons, we discover how Africa's smallest icons keep its biggest animals going. Elephants digest less than half of what they eat, and a single bull can produce up to 50 tons of dung a year. For dung beetles, that's food, a nursery and something worth fighting for. Almost 16,000 beetles from up to 150 species have been found on a single pile of dung. On the African savannah, dung beetles clear about a ton of dung per hectare every year, and they've been doing this job since the age of the dinosaurs.

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- What it is: Film
- Length: 44 min
- Rights holder: [Blue Ant Media](https://lovenature.com) (its site links the channel: https://lovenature.com/)
- Channel: [Love Nature](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRZPkuHwaoKwTP3CYPdVldg)
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