Six legs with suction cups and hooks, two compound eyes that give it a wide field of vision, mandibles for shredding rosehip leaves... but what is this strange stick? It's a stick insect!
An expert in the art of camouflage, its lifestyle is based on discretion. Waking at nightfall, moving slowly... it can even imitate a dead leaf to fool its enemies!
But beneath its shy appearance, the stick insect is a great traveller! When birds mistake its eggs for seeds, they are found intact in their droppings! They then hatch a few kilometres from where they were laid. Amazing, isn't it?