Prague Zoo joins the effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect once considered extinct
Prague (AP) – Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure a rare insect that has been considered extinct for more than 80 years.
The zoo is among six institutions all over the world that has managed to create living conditions for the largest types of insects without flight, which is the Lord Haoy Island insect, which grows up to 15 cm (5.9 inches). It is offered, and it is a rare opportunity that London and San Diego also offer.
The insect, also known as The Lord Island PHASMID, is home to a distant archipelago in the Sea of Tasman off Australia.
The uninhabited archipelago was discovered in 1778. It appears that the mice that arrived with a ship that cut off the way abroad in 1918 were wiring insects.
Mountain climbers found signs of insects in the 1960s on the island of Rocky, 23 km (14 miles) abroad from Lord Hao. In 2001, it was emphasized that the samples were alive there. A couple has been transferred to Australia to reproduce, a step that is necessary for endangered species.
“They had to make a tremendous effort to survive 100 years in a difficult place like the pyramid of the balls, and they now need sensitive care to live in captivity,” said Vojtěch Vít, a goalkeeper in the Prague Zoo on Tuesday.
On the zoo, it was to create an air -conditioned air -conditioned building with the cleansing equipment for the guards at the entrance to the insect protection entrance exposed to bacterial infections and viruses, and obtain approval from the Australian authorities to reproduce.
The goal of the education program is to restore the insect to its natural environment on Lord Howe Island after eliminating mice there in 2019.
