Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
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Measuring up to 6 inches in length (as big as a human hand), these stick insects look to be the stuff of nightmares. But the creatures are so rare and secluded that we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief.
They were believed to have gone extinct around 1920 from their habit Lorde Howe Island, located between Australia and New Zealand. But in 2001, a team of dedicated scientists found the insects on an old volcano 12 miles away from the island.
