they are on the endangered species list
jane goodall said that they are "nature's most efficient recyclers."
The American burying beetle is one of nature's most efficient recyclers, feeding and sheltering its own brood while returning nutrients to the earth to nourish vegetation and keeping ant and fly populations in check.
populations of prairie chickens and passenger pigeons have been reduced by the loss of the burying beetle.
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