A newly discovered stick insect which weighs slightly less than a golf ball may be the heaviest insect in Australia, scientists say.
The 40cm-long new species, named Acrophylla alta, was found in the high altitudes of the Atherton tablelands in north Queensland – and scientists said the habitat could be part of the reason for its large size.
It’s a weird trick though. As someone whose brain doesn’t know what 40 to 45g feels like in weight, it certainly thinks it knows what a golf balls feel like in weight.
The real issue is when they start comparing the weights of things using hippos and the like.
“It weighs 40 to 45g - slightly less than a golf ball - and …”
You’ve got the job.
“<thing> is so heavy! It weighs about as much as 13,879.25 elephants!”