A big cockroach thought extinct has been found on a little island off Australia
Why would we want to put cockroaches back on a beautiful island after their seemingly fortuitous extermination?
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A large cockroach thought extinct since the 1930s was just rediscovered on a small island in Australia
In 1887, Australian Museum scientists undertook a pioneering expedition to Lord Howe Island, a tiny patch of land off the east coast of Australia. Among their many discoveries, they recorded “a large Blatta” – a type of cockroach – under a decaying log.
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