"The race of beetles has no female, but all the males eject their sperm into a round pellet of material which they roll up by pushing it from the opposite side, just as the sun seems to turn the heavens in the direction opposite to its own course, which is from west to east.
"A raza dos escaravellos non ten femias, pero todos os machos exectan esperma nun paquete redondo de material que fan rodar empuxándoo desde o lado oposto, xusto igual a como oo sol parece xirar nos ceos na dirección oposta ao seu propio curso, que é de oeste a leste.