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24-inch stick insect clinches record for world’s longest 'bug'
While to some the idea of a two-foot long bug may be the perfect fuel for a total freak-out, no one can deny that the latest superlative insect discovered in China is nothing less than majestic! It is a remarkable stick insect measuring in at 62.4 centimeters – a 24.6-inch bug that looks like a twig, if not a branch. Nature never ever fails to impress. Alerted by locals of the mighty many-legged creature, scientist Zhao Li had been on the hunt for the bug for six years before he finally found one, reports the official state China Xinhua News.
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Finding a stick insect this big out back would make my day!