1. Rhinoceros beetles are quite responsive to direct contact.


2. The log as a communication medium.


3. Resetting one's beetle.


4. Having one's beetle get down on the log above a captive female.


5. Releasing the beetles is a matter of switching kinesthetic contacts.


6. Rolling one's notched stylus with its bells on the log.


7. When the stakes are high the game tends to come down to a balance of power between humans...


8. The beetle lifting its opponent is clearly recognized as getting the upper hand on its opponent whose owner has to stop manipulating the log.


- by Stéphane Rennesson, Emmanuel Grimaud, and Nicolas Césard.


HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2.2, 2012.