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New Giant Stick Insect Discovered in Australia, Weighs as Much as a Golf Ball

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New Giant Stick Insect Discovered in Australia, Weighs as Much as a Golf Ball
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Scientists in Australia have discovered a new, notably heavy species of stick insect in the remote rainforest of Far North Queensland, weighing about the same as a golf ball and measuring 40 cm long, likely an adaptation to its cold, wet environment.

Topics:worldscience#australia#insect-discovery#new-species#rainforest#science#stick-insect
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  1. Meet the new species of giant stick insect that weighs about the same as a golf ball  CNN
  2. Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia  The Guardian
  3. New giant stick insect is Australia's heaviest  DW
  4. New giant stick insect species is Australia's heaviest, scientists say  Reuters
  5. Watch: Huge stick insect discovered in Australia  BBC

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