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       Megasoma elephas (Elephant beetle)
       By: Dutch Date: November 7, 2020, 4:52 pm
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       Megasoma elephas (Elephant beetle)
       Image:
  HTML https://beetlegate.hyperlink.cz/images/Megasoma_elephas_1.jpg
       Size (male, with horns): Up to about 5 inches long
       Damage type: Shove (body)
       Damage level: High Beetle-class (body)
       Armor durability level: High Strong-class to high Tank-class
       Immune system durability level: Unknown; likely high Widow-class
       Speed level: Low Beetle-class
       Eyesight level: Carabid-class
       Intelligence level: Beetle-class
       Tactic: Charge them, get my horn under them, and either throw or
       shove them off the log. (These beetles sometimes fight other
       species in the wild.) [1]
       Fights:
       Vs Parry stag beetle (Hexarthrius parryi)
       Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
       Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (rematch)
       Fighting average: 0.34
       Care:
  HTML https://beetlesaspets.blogspot.com/2016/03/megasoma-elephas-elephas-breeding.html
       Footnotes:
       [1]:
  HTML https://www.mediastorehouse.com/auscape/nature-production-collection/elephant-beetle-megasoma-elephas-18968835.html?nochkip=1&pid=6989
       Gallery:
  HTML https://www.wholesaleinsects.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/megasoma-elephus-action-elephant-wars-4.jpg
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