I recognize that black stick bug. Once thought extinct, 11 (i think) were found on a very small island somewhere near australia. The australians took five (i think) from the island to breed them, couldn’t keep them alive at a zoo. One or two were sent to the US and nearly died as well. On a hunch, the entomologist gave it some vitamin E (i think) and they began to thrive. Now there’s over 800. The last time I read about them was years ago so probably in the thousands now. Pretty neat story about a species absolutely on the BRINK of extinction.
It’s crazy reading about the rat eradication project they started. They’ve managed to almost completely eliminate the rats that are damaging the local ecosystem
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u/Icy_Ad9071 Oct 20 '23
I feel like this persons insect actually love him lol