This is interesting to me because it parallels the plight of American society.

Now that Americans have been screwed by Corporations, those corporations have fled the nation and refusing to pay for the results of their policies.

Interesting (and apt) observation...

I do not understand how a beetle is supposed to determine his paternity or not of this or that grubby little offspring.

I do not understand how a beetle is supposed to determine his paternity or not of this or that grubby little offspring.


He doesn't need to, it's all a numbers game played out across the entire population and many generations. Think of it as the 'average behaviour' for beetles of that type. Individuals will have variation in their behaviour and ultimately it is this variation that drives the evolutionary process.

Sometimes I think the animal world has it right... After all, a male Praying Mantis will never be nagged to death.