And documenting the diversity of an area like this is the first step towards managing and conserving that area. We've just finished our collecting and it's been a really good day. And we've collected just under 70 numbers, which is really good. And we're all really all very hungry 'cause all we had for lunch was Coco Pops without any milk, and they're really nice but they don't fill you up. But hungry or not, there's no keeping Mark from his work. Well, here is one of the largest stick insects I've ever seen. We've seen a few here, but nothing quite as spectacular as this one. And the mimicry of it is incredible. If you look close up, I mean the segmentation, pseudo-segmentation, of the abdomen makes it look like. Again, makes it look like a stick. The spines on here that might have some defensive function as well, but they, you know, mostly what they look like is the spiny plants we see around here.


记录区域物种的多样性，是管理和保护该区域的第一步。我们刚完成了收集工作，今天收获颇丰。实际上，采集的标本接近七十件。很不错了。 我们饥肠辘辘，我们午饭吃的是干可可米，牛奶都没有。味道不错，但不管饱。 饥饿也不能阻止马克工作。 这是我见过的最大的竹节虫。在这里我们见过一些，但是这一只最为壮观，它的模仿能力令人惊叹。如果你凑近看，分截处，腹部的假分截处，使它看起来像是...像是一根树枝。这边的毛刺，可能也有防御功能，但也使它形似此地的有刺植物。