Are scarabs real?

Question

Are scarabs real?

Answer 1

yes they are real just not like on the movie the mummy

Answer 2

no scarabs are not real.. some beetles are called scarabs but they aren't really. wouldn't that be gross though to see a beetle underneath your skin!?!?!?! =]]]

Answer 3

The family Scarabaeidae as presently defined consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide. The species in this large family are often called scarabs or scarab beetles.

Answer 4

Scarabs, aka Dung Beetles, are real.  Piranha-like flesh eating movie scarabs are not.

Answer 5

Well in 1 way yes, beetles are sometimes known as scarbas.

Dung beetls, and they used to be worshiped by the egyptians as an embodient of the god, kherpi.

Hope that helped.

So really no they are not real.

Answer 6

Sure are, dude, those little beetles are real things. Why do you think they drew them if they weren't real? You wouldn't just dream up something like that.

Answer 7

yes, they are more commonly referred to as dung beetles, but they are real. The Egyptians worshiped them because of some connection between the little balls of dung they would roll and the sun.