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Giant Stick Insects "Tree Lobster" Discovered at Ball's Pyramid in Australia after Declared Extinct

It’s past my bedtime really but I wanted to read something that would tickle not just my imagination, but my curiosity as well! What I have found was a story about a Giant Stick Insect; it is enormous, and some called it Tree Lobster. It was already declared extinct but fortunately, a group of people managed to rescue a couple , then, just read on will you! ;-) Off the Coast of Australia, in the South Pacific, was a great piece of remarkable landmark. They call it "Ball's Pyramid", I know what's on your mind and no, it doesn't get its name from somewhere else ;-) It's what's left of an old volcano that emerged from the sea about 7 million years ago. A British naval officer named Ball was the first European to see it in 1788. It is extremely narrow, 1,844 feet high, and it sits alone. It was a beautiful sight! About 13 miles from this spindle of rock, there's a bigger island, called Lord Howe Island. On Lord Howe, there used to be an insect,