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Ornithorhynchus (not, as printed, Ornithorhyncus) anatinas is a hybrid of two binomials: the first is the accepted Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, the second, the earlier (by one year) Platypus anatinas, which was discarded because it had already been used for a genus of Coleoptera (beetles).
When Imhotep goes to Hamunaptra--the City of the Dead--to revive her, he is stopped by the Pharoah's guards, shorn of his tongue, then wrapped in gauze and buried alive with a swarm of scabrous beetles.
Maggots hatched from eggs laid in the corpse also eat the cadaver, as can wasps, beetles, and other insects.
Small items, such as scarab beetles — considered a lucky amulet in Egypt — are sold in shops, but also by young children and street hawkers around the archaeological sites.
In this week's puzzle, we challenge you to get from this page devoted to The Beatles to this page mentioning the eating habits of beetles.