In more news from Down Under, we recently discovered an all new species of insect that may be the new heaviest insect in the country.
How did it go undiscovered for so long if it's so big? It looks like a stick.
https://www.dw.com/en/australias-heaviest-new-stick-insect-discovered/a-73488463
Add this to my long list of reasons why I won't be setting my foot down under, they're mostly all related to wildlife. The heat isn't really helping either.
| haxxiy said: How do you miss something this large for so long? |
It's amazing how easy it is for animals to go undiscovered in difficult terrain far from civilization; the Saola, a cow/deer like creature nearly a meter tall, went unknown to science until 1992:
Its a stick insect with wings. Thats evolution for you, still continuing to this day
I guess this is just a case of it being pretty similar to a known species or two.
Plus it lives high in trees, so not a common thing to encounter.
Nevertheless... cool stick, bro!
You can still call this an insect? Wow...
The biggest insect in Europe is not even 10 centimeters long...
I always knew one of my favourite Amiga games, It Came From the Desert, was wrongly placed in US instead of Australia:
| curl-6 said: In more news from Down Under, we recently discovered an all new species of insect that may be the new heaviest insect in the country. How did it go undiscovered for so long if it's so big? It looks like a stick. https://www.dw.com/en/australias-heaviest-new-stick-insect-discovered/a-73488463
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Always hiding among other big sticks.
| siebensus4 said: You can still call this an insect? Wow... The biggest insect in Europe is not even 10 centimeters long... |
This fella is 40cm long. (15 inches for Imperial folks)
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