On this week's episode of Better Than Human, Jennifer and Amber are probably even MORE amusing when they're PMSing and arguing with each other over an Invader Zim lunchbox. During our current-ish news section, we discuss how Tucker Carlson and Fox News think being 'woke' is a bad thing. The opposite would be asleep, I guess? Because going through life 'asleep' sounds awesome! (#sarcasm) And are Civil War Monuments participation trophies? Sorry racists (not sorry), yes they are.  

This week's topic is Dryococelus australis, known more familiarly as the Lord Howe Island Stick Bug. The large insect, topping out at over 8 inches in average length, lived solely on Lord Howe Island (hence the name) and were thought to have gone extinct in 1920 when rats black invaded their ecosystem via a ship run aground. Listen to the amazing story of how dedicated scientists, David Pridell and Nicholas Carlile, rediscovered a population of just 24 Lord Howe Island Stick Bugs living under one single bush on a nearby islet almost 80 years after they were thought to have gone extinct. 

For reference, the article Jennifer and Amber reference in the episode is called: "Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years by Robert Krulwich," which can be read at NPR by following the link below:

https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years 

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