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A heartwarming story
Feb. 29th, 2012 10:38 pmMost of us aren't too thrilled with insects. Mosquitoes bite and carry disease, wasps sting, so do some bees, locusts eat our crops, ants sting too, termites eat our houses.
Most insects are pretty small—so how would you feel about a stick insect that is so huge it was nicknamed the tree lobster?
These insects, on Lord Howe Island off the coast of Australia, were all eaten by rats evacuating a crippled ship. However, all was not lost. An expedition to a relatively small pinnacle of rock near the island discovered 24 tree lobsters, 80 years after they were presumed extinct. The story of how the species was saved is a heartwarming one; compassion for all creatures, whether great or small, or ugly or beautiful, is one of the best virtues one can have.
Do watch the video of a tree lobster hatching from an egg. You'll wonder how all that insect fit into such a small egg.
Most insects are pretty small—so how would you feel about a stick insect that is so huge it was nicknamed the tree lobster?
These insects, on Lord Howe Island off the coast of Australia, were all eaten by rats evacuating a crippled ship. However, all was not lost. An expedition to a relatively small pinnacle of rock near the island discovered 24 tree lobsters, 80 years after they were presumed extinct. The story of how the species was saved is a heartwarming one; compassion for all creatures, whether great or small, or ugly or beautiful, is one of the best virtues one can have.
Do watch the video of a tree lobster hatching from an egg. You'll wonder how all that insect fit into such a small egg.
