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.
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