Gallery: Sticky: New Animated Film Will Break Your Heart

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    Image: Jane Satchell, Melbourne Zoo, Australia
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    Rohan Cleave with a LHISI - Photograph credit Jane Satchell Melbourne Zoo, Australia

    Rohan Cleave with a Lord Howe Island stick insect, *Dryococelus australis*.
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    Image: Jilli Rose
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    Poster for the new film featuring the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect.
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    Image: Jilli Rose
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    Patrick Honan, the museum scientist that figured out how to keep tree lobsters in captivity.
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    Image: Rohan Cleave, Melbourne Zoo
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    Lord Howe Island Stick Insect, hatching. Rebirth of a critically endangered species.
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    Image: Rohan Cleave Melbourne Zoo, Australia
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    LHISI nymph just hatched - Photograph credit Rohan Cleave Melbourne Zoo, Australia

    A newly hatched Lord Howe Island Stick Insect. From this tiny beginning, a giant insect begins.
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    LHISI nymph - copyright Rohan Cleave

    Wee LHISI nymph.
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    Image: Jilli Rose
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    Poster for the new film by Jilli Rose featuring the Lord Howe Stick Insect.
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    Image: Rohan Cleave
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    LHISI adult male on Melaleuca howeana - copyright Rohan Cleave

    Lord Howe Stick Insect, adult male on host plant. They eat only one species of plant.
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