Today I learned that many leaf insects display strong sexual dimorphism, i.e. the female looks very different than the male. The New York Times published an article today about scientists that had the chance to rear a rare species of leaf insect (Phyllium asekiense) from eggs for the firs time–when they saw both sexes hatch and mature from the same clutch of eggs, they discovered that what they had previously thought of as two separate species (from separate genus, too!) were one and the same. The new joint species is called Nanophyllium asekiense. I also learned that they like to eat guava.
I learned that crocodiles can weigh up to 2,200 and live for 70 years. The longest saltwater crocodile on record was 20 feet and 3 inches long.
Kat White 