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Lorde Howe Stick Insects Are Back from the Dead, And That’s Not Even The Best Bit
Lorde Howe Stick Insects are extinct, victims of the introduction of rats to the Island’s ecosystem via a shipwreck in 1918. Without mammals on the island, the rats quickly wiped out five bird species and 13 insect species – including our sticky friends. Or so we thought.