Tree lobsters were thought to be hunted to extinction by rats in the 1920s.

树龙虾被认为在 1920 年代被老鼠捕杀而灭绝。

Now, there’s a colony of tree lobsters at the Melbourne Zoo, thanks to captive breeding.

现在，由于圈养繁殖， 墨尔本动物园有一群树龙虾。

On that list was a creature called the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect, commonly known as a Tree Lobster because… well… it’s huge and sometimes-reddish and, y’know, could be confused for a crustacean.

在那个名单上有一种叫做豪勋爵岛竹节虫的生物， 通常被称为树龙虾， 因为… … 好吧… … 它体型巨大， 有时呈红色， 而且，你知道，可能会与甲壳类动物混淆。

So, back in February, scientists from the Australian Museum Research Institute traveled to the islands to survey the fauna there, and teamed up with some rock climbers to search for another female tree lobster.

因此，早在 2 月，澳大利亚博物馆研究所的科学家就前往这些岛屿调查那里的动物群， 并与一些攀岩者合作寻找另一只雌性树龙虾。