‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink
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Thiccet
It's just a tiny land-lobster
let's get it chunky lil guy!
“big enough to protect themselves”.
that sounds a little ick. how they do that?
They’re harmless to humans. They hiss when threatened, but it seems like they generally just run from danger. I think the writer meant they’re grown up enough to try and avoid predators.
If they can't run, they bite.