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Not to suggest that extinction would ever be a good thing, but when an insect is so big it gets nicknamed "tree lobster" it's perhaps not something one would want to keep around. Here is footage of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect hatching. The insect was presumed extinct for almost a century and now it's back. All slimy and super-slimy. Via The Daily What.
Lord Howe Island Stick Insect hatching from Zoos Victoria on Vimeo.
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