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One of the greatest conservation success stories begins with an extinction. The Lord Howe Island stick insect is an animal that came back from the dead.
Endlings portrait illustrations are by Zoe Keller. You can find out more about her and her work here: zoekeller.com
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Sources:
https://epdf.pub/hope-for-animals-and-their-world-how-endangered-species-are-being-rescued-from-t.html
scispace.com/pdf/lord-howe-island-a-riddle-of-the-pacific-part-iii-1jpuksnjj5.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20070109023343/http://www.fnpw.org.au/enews2/Phasmids.htm
sciencealert.com/worlds-rarest-insect-makes-stunning-comeback-after-near-extinction
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/pestsweeds/draftLHIrodentplan.pdf
uowoajournals.org/asj/article/393/galley/391/download
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/acv.12392
bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.auckland.ac.nz/dist/4/1051/files/2025/02/81_Walsh_2019.pdf
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-23/lord-howe-island-cloud-forest-rare-ecosystem-species-return/104407260
theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/09/trouble-in-paradise-lord-howe-island-divided-over-plan-to-exterminate-rats
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol17/iss2/4/
theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/07/a-nasty-place-at-the-moment-lord-howe-island-tense-as-rat-baiting-begins
mousefreemarion.org/australias-lord-howe-island-declared-free-of-introduced-rats-and-mice-following-a-successful-eradication-operation
https://www.lhib.nsw.gov.au/environment/rodent-eradication-project/ecological-benefits
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Images:
docs.google.com/document/d/1ajgguugRuSN4tGq-j9r_CtZQetFRmJYAfVJsDBOTvFo/edit?tab=t.0
One of the greatest conservation success stories begins with an extinction. The Lord Howe Island stick insect is an animal that came back from the dead.
Endlings portrait illustrations are by Zoe Keller. You can find out more about her and her work here: zoekeller.com
Find out more about the National Geographic Photo Ark here: joelsartore.com
youtube.com/@PhotoArk
Follow us on socials:
Instagram: instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow
Facebook: facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social
#BizarreBeasts #endlings #stickinsect
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Sources:
https://epdf.pub/hope-for-animals-and-their-world-how-endangered-species-are-being-rescued-from-t.html
scispace.com/pdf/lord-howe-island-a-riddle-of-the-pacific-part-iii-1jpuksnjj5.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20070109023343/http://www.fnpw.org.au/enews2/Phasmids.htm
sciencealert.com/worlds-rarest-insect-makes-stunning-comeback-after-near-extinction
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/pestsweeds/draftLHIrodentplan.pdf
uowoajournals.org/asj/article/393/galley/391/download
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/acv.12392
bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.auckland.ac.nz/dist/4/1051/files/2025/02/81_Walsh_2019.pdf
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-23/lord-howe-island-cloud-forest-rare-ecosystem-species-return/104407260
theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/09/trouble-in-paradise-lord-howe-island-divided-over-plan-to-exterminate-rats
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol17/iss2/4/
theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/07/a-nasty-place-at-the-moment-lord-howe-island-tense-as-rat-baiting-begins
mousefreemarion.org/australias-lord-howe-island-declared-free-of-introduced-rats-and-mice-following-a-successful-eradication-operation
https://www.lhib.nsw.gov.au/environment/rodent-eradication-project/ecological-benefits
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Images:
docs.google.com/document/d/1ajgguugRuSN4tGq-j9r_CtZQetFRmJYAfVJsDBOTvFo/edit?tab=t.0
