{"id":22260,"date":"2018-08-15T05:16:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=22260"},"modified":"2018-08-15T05:16:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:16:48","slug":"quote-of-the-day-947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/quote-of-the-day-947\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It\u2019s really pretty, black with orange spots on it, which makes it somewhat unique in being the largest carrion beetle.\u00a0If you were <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Burying-Beetle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Burying-Beetle.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Burying-Beetle-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>to observe it in the wild, you would see it carrying this carcass a small distance before it buries it. So, it\u2019s pretty amazing to see that.&#8221; &#8212;\u00a0<em><strong>U.S. Fish\u00a0&amp; Wildlife Service<\/strong> biologist <strong>Daniel Finner<\/strong> on the <strong>American Burying Beetle<\/strong>, an endangered species that is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicradiotulsa.org\/post\/cherokee-nation-agreement-creates-first-tribal-conservation-area-endangered-beetle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stalling construction<\/a> of a <strong>Cherokee Nation<\/strong> casino in <strong>Oklahoma<\/strong>. According to a news report, &#8220;The beetle helps improve soil quality by breaking down animal carcasses during its reproductive cycle.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It\u2019s really pretty, black with orange spots on it, which makes it somewhat unique in being the largest carrion beetle.\u00a0If you were to observe it in the wild, you would see it carrying this carcass a small distance before it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/quote-of-the-day-947\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[98,117,115,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22262,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22260\/revisions\/22262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}