Stag Beetle Throws Girlfriend Out Of Tree | Life | BBC Earth

he begins his search a female is probably on the trunk of a

tree

but the

tree

s in this part of the world are very tall his search could be long unfortunately for him she is 25 meters above him near the top she is one size larger normal jaws, but she only needs them to feed, but he needs huge jaws to fight because there are other males around with the same mission. The strength of the scissors is not enough in these battles, the technique is to reach over your opponent's head and hook your jaws under his wing. covers that's why their jaws are so long and they have that strange shape the grip has now you have to lift and that takes strength another lift is needed and that's the

beetle

's armor is strong so it bounces the winner goes up there are more males ready to fight him up here I'm here she's finally here but she doesn't seem to be in the mood so now he has to use his big jaws as a restraining cage success at last but the habit of throwing dies hard