The Dung Beetle and the Arms Race

Pick an example of a particular arms race. An animal weapons arms race in your mind. Pick a fascinating one and lead me through where it's, look, I'm a nimble animal right now. But something starts to happen. Maybe there's a mutation in my brother. In some cases you've got males fighting other males to get access to females. That one difference in behavior makes all the difference in the world. You can't use that little knob like opening the lid on a soda bottle or something like that. There's no way really to do that very much if you're fighting in a big scramble,. Well if you're Fighting in a big scrambled, that's not going to

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