Something unusual happens to certain animals when they’re allowed to evolve on islands for millions of years - they become enormous. This phenomenon, called island gigantism, created the largest cricket in the world - the giant weta from New Zealand. #animals #science Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology | Odd Animal Specimens

Leaf insects drop their new eggs onto the ground. Horseshoe crabs can lay 20,000 eggs in one night. But one animal pregnancy is the strangest of all. Aphids exhibit something called “telescopic pregnancies” or “telescoping generations” where their babies are already pregnant with offspring of their own. #animals #science | Odd Animal Specimens