File:Burying Beetles (Nicrophorus sp.) removing the fur from a dead chipmunk, whose carcass will be the underground food supply for the larvae.jpg

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Burying Beetles can bury a vertebrate carcass, such as a dead chipmunk, by removing the soil from underneath it.

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Image captured in Boston, MA, in an unusual situation, where the adult beetles could not bury the chipmunk carcass they located. Removal of the chipmunk's fur and mating of the beetles were both observed above ground. Mating occurred when ~half of the fur had been removed.

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