The Sleeping World: Rolling Under the Milky Way with a Dung Beetle
The Sleeping World: Rolling Under the Milky Way with a Dung Beetle
By: Mumble Media, Audible Sleep
Narrated by: Cynthia Kimola
English | 03-27-25 | B0DW9Z1CYJ | 0h 53m | M4B@125 kbps | 48.97 MB
Wind down by escaping into nature. Part soundscape and part bedtime story, The Sleeping World is an intimate journey through ecologies around the world.
Dung beetles might sound dirty, but the ancient Egyptians believed their god took the form of a dung beetle to roll the morning sun across the sky every day. In this episode, we roll with dung beetles around the world as they push their precious dung—often in balls many times larger than they are—over Florida pastures, Armenian highlands, and the vast South African savanna.
This is the world in its natural state, defined by seasons, routines, and cycles. As we roll with these glittering beetles, we can imagine a giant dung beetle slowly rolling our planet through the solar system, rotating us gently into each coming night, and safely into each new day.
