Thst spire of rock looks… when I was a kid, I fantasized about being a Sea King or or maybe a pirate… The only thing that was really fleshed out was the fortress. Complete with ballista and trebuchets.
Any how… that spire, is basically how I imagined the island to be.
Also, the bugs aren’t quite as ugly as lobster. Just saying.
I had at this point already looked up the creature and its wikipedia page, but after your comment I had to go look at the mountain. That’s certainly a mountain that breathes a certain vibe! I could see a romance novel being situated in a place like that.
Dang at first I thought this was another story that just happened to be very similar, because I had never heard of “tree lobsters” before, but I had heard of the Lord Howe Island stick insect. But nah, just alternate names for the same creature. Anyway, I loved this quote from their Wikipedia article:
They scaled 120 metres of grassy, low-angled slope, but found only crickets.
You just know whoever wrote that was thinking how clever it was.
They tried to introduce them back to the island (which the islanders sort of went WTF why), which I don’t think worked real well
This part doesn’t seem to be correct. For starters, there is no indigenous population on Lord Howe Island, so the “islanders” aren’t really a distinct population so much as Australians who just happen to live on the island.
There has been an ongoing effort to exterminate the rat population, which must be completed before they can go ahead with the reintroduction. This has worried some local residents because of fears the poisons etc. might harm children, pets, and native wildlife. In fact they had to remove a bunch of native birds from the wild to temporarily store them in captivity until the poison had broken down.
But as far as I can tell, the reintroduction of the species to the island is still planned, and is not particularly controversial.
Something that really trips me up is that the humans that do those incredible, heart warming things often carry the same motivations and beliefs as the monsters. The road to hell, after all, is paved with good intentions.
For instance, I’m seeing a lot of pallells in this story that align with the creation of Africanized honey bees.
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I had to go look that up too..
Thst spire of rock looks… when I was a kid, I fantasized about being a Sea King or or maybe a pirate… The only thing that was really fleshed out was the fortress. Complete with ballista and trebuchets.
Any how… that spire, is basically how I imagined the island to be.
Also, the bugs aren’t quite as ugly as lobster. Just saying.
I had at this point already looked up the creature and its wikipedia page, but after your comment I had to go look at the mountain. That’s certainly a mountain that breathes a certain vibe! I could see a romance novel being situated in a place like that.
Only if I get to keep my trebuchets.
A guy has to have a hobby….
Of course. Do you see a better way of keeping rival pirate groups from ransacking your clifftop castle?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryococelus_australis?wprov=sfla1
Wikipedia article on these
bugsinsectsDang at first I thought this was another story that just happened to be very similar, because I had never heard of “tree lobsters” before, but I had heard of the Lord Howe Island stick insect. But nah, just alternate names for the same creature. Anyway, I loved this quote from their Wikipedia article:
You just know whoever wrote that was thinking how clever it was.
This part doesn’t seem to be correct. For starters, there is no indigenous population on Lord Howe Island, so the “islanders” aren’t really a distinct population so much as Australians who just happen to live on the island.
There has been an ongoing effort to exterminate the rat population, which must be completed before they can go ahead with the reintroduction. This has worried some local residents because of fears the poisons etc. might harm children, pets, and native wildlife. In fact they had to remove a bunch of native birds from the wild to temporarily store them in captivity until the poison had broken down.
But as far as I can tell, the reintroduction of the species to the island is still planned, and is not particularly controversial.
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Fascinating story, thrillingly written! I’d like to subscribe to Field Biologist Adventures, please.
So what do they eat?
Something that really trips me up is that the humans that do those incredible, heart warming things often carry the same motivations and beliefs as the monsters. The road to hell, after all, is paved with good intentions.
For instance, I’m seeing a lot of pallells in this story that align with the creation of Africanized honey bees.