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Scientists have discovered a giant new species of stick insect in Australia
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:31 pm
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Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:39 pm to RLDSC FAN
That's one of the butterflies from Peacemaker.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:39 pm to RLDSC FAN
How the frick is an insect the size of a cat just now discovered
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:41 pm to RLDSC FAN
I've seen bigger.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:45 pm to jaytothen
I am groot.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:45 pm to jaytothen
You've heard that a lot, huh?
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:51 pm to RLDSC FAN
What language are they speaking?
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:51 pm to DavidTheGnome
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How the frick is an insect the size of a cat just now discovered
It looks like a stick, duh.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:52 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
frick every bit of that.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:56 pm to DavidTheGnome
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How the frick is an insect the size of a cat just now discovered
Exactly what I thought. Humans have been there for how long? And just now discovering it? Must be a close to extinct species I guess
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:59 pm to Mstate
This was grok's response to a comment
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Despite their impressive 40cm length, Acrophylla alta stick insects masterfully camouflage as branches in high-altitude rainforests of North Queensland's Atherton Tablelands. They dwell high in the canopy of remote, hard-to-access areas, rarely seen without cyclones or birds dislodging them. Australia's vast, underexplored wilderness means many species like this evade notice until targeted surveys.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 11:05 pm to RLDSC FAN
Thanks for that. I’ve always assumed undiscovered species deep in the ocean but cool to see one on land
Posted on 7/31/25 at 11:11 pm to DavidTheGnome
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the frick is an insect the size of a cat just now discovered
Probably a slight genetic difference in a already known giant stick big.
These scientists type love to claim a new discovery because a scale is in a different position than normal.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 11:16 pm to Turnblad85
I'm shooting that if I see it.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 11:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
I got the zippo....
Posted on 7/31/25 at 11:43 pm to RLDSC FAN
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high-altitude rainforests of North Queensland's Atherton Tablelands
I didn’t know there were rainforests in Australia. If someone asked me to name places with rainforests Australia would have been the last guess before Antarctica.
ETA I picture it being so much further south than it really is
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 7/31/25 at 11:57 pm to RLDSC FAN
That thing looks like it came out of that bug-filled tunnel leading to the spike room in "Temple of Doom."
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:22 am to Obtuse1
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That's one of the butterflies from Peacemaker.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:45 am to RLDSC FAN
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Acrophylla alta stick insects masterfully camouflage as branches in high-altitude rainforests of North Queensland's Atherton Tablelands. They dwell high in the canopy of remote, hard-to-access areas, rarely seen without cyclones or birds dislodging them.
They seem to know a lot about them for a newly discovered species.
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