2024年2月15日 · An entomology keeper at the Houston Zoo recently noticed that the facility's female Peruvian jumping stick had a crease around her "neck" after shedding her exoskeleton, the zoo said. The...

2024年2月17日 · HOUSTON – Thanks to an ingenious temporary neck brace design, one of the smallest critters at the Houston Zoo is now feeling better. A stick-like grasshopper, known as a Peruvian jumping stick, recently shed its exoskeleton, which usually happens around 6 months of age, according to zoo officials.

2024年2月27日 · Keepers at Houston Zoo stepped in to rescue the Peruvian jumping stick — which is basically a species of stick-like grasshoppers — after one of the workers noticed a problem during the insect’s molting season.

2024年3月12日 · At the ‘Bug House,’ the Houston Zoo boasts a number of Peruvian jumping sticks, which appear like stick insects, but are actually grasshoppers. In early 2024, a female jumping stick was...

2024年2月16日 · Where someone else might see a Q-tip, the Houston Zoo sees a medical device for a tiny friend. The veterinary team at the zoo jumped into action after one entomology keeper noticed that a Peruvian...

2024年3月18日 · Using common household items, veterinarians at the Houston Zoo devised a simple, but effective neck brace for their Peruvian jumping stick.

2024年3月2日 · Keepers at Houston Zoo stepped in when an insect called a Peruvian jumping stick was found to have a floppy neck. The brace was applied after being fashioned from a Q-tip and some tape.

2024年2月15日 · A female Peruvian jumping stick had just shed her exoskeleton, but it left a tiny crease in her “neck” that caused her head to flop when she climbed upward.

2024年3月5日 · In a heartwarming tale of ingenuity and care, the Houston Zoo recently announced the successful rehabilitation of a tiny resident, a Peruvian jumping stick, thanks to the creation of the world's tiniest neck brace.

2024年2月26日 · LaTurner noticed the female Peruvian jumping stick at the zoo's Bug House had developed a crease in her neck while shedding her exoskeleton, causing the area to become weak, the zoo said in a press release.