Australia's best known dung beetle, Doug, above, surrounded by debris from Cyclone Kirrily, in Townsville's Anderson Park Botanic Gardens .
In an exclusive inteview , Doug told a Little Darwin reporter he nearly lost his grip on the giant ball of dung during the cyclone and it could have careered through the Queen city of the North , growing in size ,splatteriing everything in its path.
Our reporter and his carer were forced to terminate the interview because of the many mosquitoes , which users of the popular park will have to guard against to avoid Ross River and Dengue Fever.
A tour of the area revealed many trees down and several reduced to a stump, like the one above..
(Spoof,dung, Doug)
