You know, those Scarabs you see in those 'Mummy" movies. Do they still exist? Were/are they dangerous? In the Mummy movies they portrayed them as being dangerous insects, like they would eat you from the inside. I know its a movie, and it probably is embellishment/totall fake, but we have ants that attack humans, so I was just wondering if there are beatles who are considered Scarabs and/or are dangerous. Thanks much!
2007-06-13 13:01:50 · 16 answers · asked by najohodo 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Scarabs have been romanticised because of the ancient Egyprian connection. They are very alive today, doing exactly what they've always done. They are called dung beetles.
2007-06-13 13:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by lix 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes scarabs still exist. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary scarab is defined as any of a family of large stout beetles; also: an ornament (as a gem) representing such a beetle. You can type scarab or scarabs into the search on your pc screen and find out more about them. In addition here is a link to the Wikipedia free online encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarab
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Scarab or scarab beetle may refer to:
A beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.
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2007-06-13 13:24:43 · answer #2 · answered by Positive-Pixie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flesh Eating Scarab
2017-01-19 09:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scarabs are real, they are a type of beetle.
Some American scarabs are Stag Beetles, Rhinoceros Beetles, June Bugs, etc.
There's a really gigantic one called the Goliath Beetle, I don't remember what country it comes from.
I read somewhere that scarabs were sacred to the ancient Egyptians because they roll dung into a ball, and that was a symbol of the gods making the world. I guess the ball of dung is where they put their eggs.
That stuff about scarabs eating people in the Mummy movies was pretty scary, but it's fake. They don't really do that.
2007-06-13 14:04:58 · answer #4 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scarabs from the Mummy do not exist. I love that movie, but there are a lot of historic inaccuracies in it in addition to a mummy coming back to life. (For example, there were only 4 canopic jars, not 5.) The don't burrow under skin, and they don't attack in droves; however, there are many types of scarabs that still exist.
2007-06-13 18:53:23 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A scarab is actually a gem cut in the shape of a beetle with a design on the belly. It was considered good luck to carry one in Egyptian times.
Don't know if they actually existed as beetles. When you look at Egyptian objects & paintings they created some pretty unusual things & liked to add animal heads to the human form.
2007-06-13 13:15:03 · answer #6 · answered by Annie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It still does. A few years ago there was a fashion for having a live scarab beetle with jewels encrusted on it's back as a sort of living broach! They were outlawed in the UK when a woman turned up at Heathrow wearing one.
2016-03-13 22:33:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I own 3 of them, or at least 3 gem stones carved to look like bugs. The usual scarab is carved beetle, the ones on the mummy movies are probably beetles, I know of no cases where anyone has been eaten alive by one.
As far as dangerous beetles I believe they are almost all harmless I have heard of Blister Beetles that have a mildly toxic bite.
2007-06-13 13:10:48 · answer #8 · answered by Vultureman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scarabs exist. However, i don't believe they'll eat you alive unless you are the only thing to eat for a long while. Insects can find a much more delicous variety of things to eat than people. That stuff int he mummy was mostly exagerated.
2007-06-13 13:19:52 · answer #9 · answered by moon dragon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well flesh eating beetles do exist... I've seen them in a museum before. They are very small and do not just "eat you alive" like in the Mummy.
2007-06-13 14:52:31 · answer #10 · answered by xx. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋