Science May Explain Why Egyptians Worshiped Dung Beetle as Sun God

Science May Explain Why Egyptians Worshiped Dung Beetle as Sun God » Mythphile: "Why did the ancient Egyptians worship a large beetle that rolls a ball of dung, lays its eggs inside it, and then pushes the ball along the ground? Why did the Egyptians call this beetle kheper, with the metaphorical meaning ”becoming, to come into being”? Why did they associate the lowly dung beetle with Re, their supreme being and sun god, and give their beetle-god avatar of Re the name Khepri?"