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Post by admin on Jan 18, 2016 21:22:11 GMT -8
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Post by anthony on Jan 19, 2016 6:44:18 GMT -8
A amazing story of survival,very interesting.
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Post by ornithorchid on Jan 19, 2016 11:57:49 GMT -8
Just an amazing story... "The Lost Eden Rediscovered".
Pretty amazing that these insects were able to survive with so little green around: unless they actually adapted and start feeding on other sources.
Now I am just wondering how viable these populations are? The one from the small rock has probably a poor genetic variation. The population that was propagated, has certainly less variation. Will this diversity be sufficient enough to have that species survive?
AMAZING!!!
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Post by ornithorchid on Jan 19, 2016 18:47:21 GMT -8
Now I am reading this again. Was there any study of the fauna/flora inventory of this rock before this whole story?
Do we know for sure that the specimens onto the 'pyramid' are the same species/subspecies?
I recall the Darwin's Finch birds of Galapagos... First time I did learn about it I could not believe it.
This population sample from 'pyramid' may indeed be different from the main island biggest sub-set.
Is there any specimen of the main island somewhere so DNA work could be done? Anyone ...
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Post by jshuey on Jan 20, 2016 10:27:08 GMT -8
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Post by ornithorchid on Jan 20, 2016 12:12:14 GMT -8
Indeed. These rats do what they do best: BREEDING.
So better not be missing a pregnant one, or a pair.
Great example!
Thank you for sharing these.
Emmanuel
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Post by nomad on Jan 20, 2016 22:05:04 GMT -8
Great Story, just another fact that the rats might have wiped out this insect on their Island home but we gave them a lift.
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Post by exoticimports on Jan 25, 2016 13:32:35 GMT -8
If the Aussies do the right thing they'll put them into commercial breeding and the world will be awash with them. But it seems Australia likes to keep "their" animals to themselves.
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Post by jshuey on Feb 10, 2016 11:10:10 GMT -8
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Post by bichos on Mar 21, 2016 5:25:49 GMT -8
Original specimens from Lord Howe Island had the thick hind legs. The re-discovered bred specimens seldom display this trait...
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Post by papilio28570 on Jan 13, 2018 15:56:52 GMT -8
6 years since the re-discovery and 2 years since this thread. Any update?
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