Dung beetles

Day 1: I got a call from one of my missionary friends asking if I would like to take a walk this morning. We decided to walk down by the hospital and to the canteen where we got some biscuits and soda. We then sat at the main circle drive and chatted while the kids played. Now if you know Caleb, you know that he has one level for his voice: super loud. He came running over to Jill and I yelling, "mama, dung beetles!" We were engaged in a conversation so I told him to go find more bugs. Later, as we were getting ready to leave we walked over to see exactly what the kids were doing. There, lined up on the cement, were 5 dead beetles...one decapitated. Caleb explained to me who they were and that one was mad because the others had cut off his head. He then led me to another area where they had "built a home for the beetles", and sure enough, there a few more dead beetles were positioned on a nice bed of straw.
Now, two days ago I frantically went through Target looking for a few cheap toys to take for the children. We were already in Chicago and I had forgotten to pack ANY for our two month journey. I had thoughts of my poor children sitting in an empty little house with no toys, bored to death. If i had only known... Maybe I will bring some of these for souveneirs. Your kids will love them...and I'm pretty sure they won't get sick as long as they don't eat them.