Sentences with phrase «stick insects only»

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These new findings will not only result in textbook revisions, but will also be tested on the robot Hector, which is based on a stick insect.

The forests of Lord Howe Island, about 300 miles off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, were the only known home of the Lord Howe Island phasmid, also called a «stick insect» or «walking stick» — a creature about the size of a large cigar, four or five inches long and half an inch wide.

But after a ship accidentally introduced black rats to the island about a century ago, the stick insects disappeared, only to be found 40 years later on a nearby volcanic sea stack.

I honestly think culottes can only be worn successfully by 6» 0 stick insects!

Your exploring could take you down south to the Amazon jungle where a bounty of treasures awaits - sloths in the trees, night hikes to spot stick insects that are usually only spotted by the finely tuned eyes of your specialist guide, and boat rides out at dusk to watch out for the sneaky cayman.