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  2. Nicrophorus americanus - Wikipedia

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    Nicrophorus americanus, also known as the American burying beetle or giant carrion beetle, is a critically endangered species of beetle endemic to North America. [3] It belongs to the order Coleoptera and the family Silphidae. The carrion beetle in North America is carnivorous, feeds on carrion and requires carrion to breed. It is also a member ...

  3. List of U.S. state insects - Wikipedia

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    State insects are designated by 48 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect.

  4. File:Nicrophorus americanus, American Burying Beetle (female ...

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  5. Tallgrass Prairie Preserve - Wikipedia

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    The Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma near Foraker, Oklahoma, is the largest protected tract of tallgrass prairie in the world. . Managed by The Nature Conservancy, the preserve contains 39,650 acres (160 km 2) owned by the Conservancy and another 6,000 acres (24 km 2) leased in what was the original tallgrass region of the Great Plains that stretched ...

  6. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History - Wikipedia

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    The Sam Noble Museum has received a number of national and international awards, including the national award for Collection Stewardship and Heritage Preservation in 2004; the National Medal for Museums from the Institute of Museums and Library Services in 2014, the highest award from the U.S. government for a museum for being an institution that makes a difference for individuals, families ...

  7. File:Nicrophorus americanus, American Burying Beetle (male ...

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  8. Burying beetle - Wikipedia

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    Burying beetle life cycle The prospective parents begin to dig a hole below the carcass. While doing so, and after removing all hair from the carcass, the beetles cover the animal with antibacterial and antifungal oral and anal secretions, slowing the decay of the carcass and preventing the smell of rotting flesh from attracting competition. [ 2 ]

  9. List of museums in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    website, also known as the Territorial Sports Museum Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum: Oklahoma City: Oklahoma: Central: Firefighting: Preservation and display of antique fire apparatus and equipment Oklahoma State Penitentiary Museum: McAlester: Pittsburg: Kiamichi Country: Prison: Artifacts and history of Oklahoma's prison system [77]