In the News: Rare stick insect to go international to save its species
From the Syndney Morning Herald: Rare stick insect to go international to save its species
Hundreds of precious Lord Howe Island stick insect eggs will be sent overseas as part of a captive breeding program for the critically endangered Australian insect – which until 2001 was thought extinct.
Bred at Melbourne Zoo, 900 of the lentil-sized eggs will travel to zoos in Bristol, Toronto and San Diego, where insurance populations will be established for one of the world's rarest insects.
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