Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years
Feb 29, 2012, www.npr.org | The Lord Howe stick insect, Dryococelus australis, or Tree Lobster, was thought to be completely wiped out by a rat infestation in the 1960’s. But a small island off the coast of Australia has been hiding something from us for a very long time.
Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years : NPRwww.npr.org“The insect is so large — as big as a human hand — it’s been dubbed a “tree lobster.” It was thought to be extinct, but some enterprising entomologists scoured a barren hunk of rock in the middle of the ocean and found surviving Lord Howe Island stick insects.”
GoodNews FortheEarth~ Mother Nature is full of surprises. The more we look, the more we will find. The more we act, the more we will receive.
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