ASU's Wheeler explains beetle potential

Small animals, like insects, don’t have brains or brawn to rely on, so they tend to rely on talent to survive. As a result, human engineers are tapping these creatures for inspiration. The American burying beetle, “can find a dead mouse [which it eats and feeds, regurgitated, to its offspring] within an hour of its demise from two miles away," says Quentin Wheeler, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. "Think of the potential if we could mimic that for finding earthquake victims." Article source: Newsweek