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It’s a stick… no it’s an insect

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Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times

A stick bug crawls on the jungle floor near Corcovado National Park. There are approximately 3,000 species of stick bugs. According to National Geographic they are some of the best camouflaged creatures in the world.

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