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Pulchriphyllium giganteum

Pulchriphyllium giganteum
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Giant Malaysian leaf insect Strategy: masquerade as a living leaf, with choreography. The body is flat, green and veined like foliage, about 4 inches long in the wild, and even carries blotches that look like leaf disease. The clever part is the movement: when it walks it pauses and sways, rocking back and forth like a leaf caught in a breeze, so even motion does not give it away. In the wild it lives up in the forest canopy of Malaysia, including the Cameron Highlands north of Kuala Lumpur, which makes it very hard to find. Insect houses at zoos and science museums are a far easier place to try your eyes on one.
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