A record with an unusual conditionSourced
The very heavy insect was not a typical example
One captive female giant wētā reached about seventy grams, but she had retained an abnormal number of eggs. Large species usually weigh no more than thirty-five grams. The eye-catching record belongs to an exceptional individual rather than a routine body size.
A striking maximum needs its circumstances too.
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