Lord Howe Island Stick Insect hatching
In a world first, zookeeper Rohan Cleave captured the amazing hatching process of a critically endangered Lord Howe Island Stick Insect at Melbourne Zoo. The eggs incubate for over 6 months and until now the hatching process has never been witnessed. If you didn't see it you wouldn't believe it could fit in that egg!
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2. loadrunner commented 12 years ago
Why do we need expensive special effect for movies, we have better stuff in real life .
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5. Bumfighter commented 12 years ago
Mother Insect: Jimmy your big enough to get your own home now!
Child Insect (Jimmy): OK ma!
Child Insect (Jimmy): OK ma!
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6. cyberdevil commented 12 years ago
I still can't believe it.
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10. banzemanga commented 12 years ago
Some inefficiency evolution way of hatching. Legs coming last. And they are stuck too! Well, at least it is able to walk after birth. Unlike us humans which takes a year for us to be able to walk.
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13. Spartan118 commented 12 years ago
This has just destroyed my understanding of the Laws of Physics....
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14. cameramaster commented 12 years ago
With compression techniques like that who needs winzip?
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15. fugitivegoose commented 12 years ago
These guys ought to consider cutting bigger holes for themselves...
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21. RandurSource commented 12 years ago
I have stick insects (other type) and they lay eggs all day long. The eggs are just 1mm across. I never saw one hatch (about 3 months incubation), but now I know how it works. Thanks uploader.
+17 1. kazannova commented 12 years ago