A narrow and steep rocky island, taller than America’s famous Empire State Building, rises alone in the middle of the sea. It doesn’t look like a place that would welcome you to live.

But strangely, people have just discovered there a type of insect that seemed to have been extinct for 80 years, and is similar in shape to a lobster, so it can be called a “tree lobster” . 12cm long and the heaviest flightless insect in the world, the tree lobster has 6 legs with the scientific name Dryococelus australis.

Ball’s Pyramid, a rocky island sloping on all sides, is where “tree lobsters” were discovered.

According to DailyMail , scientists have found 24 shrimp individuals living 500ft above the South Pacific sea level, on a single tree that survived on this arid rocky island.

“Tree lobster” is 12cm long and is the heaviest flightless insect in the world.

As big as a human hand, the tree lobster somehow chose this place, despite the lack of food and harsh living conditions.

How they got to the top of the island is still a mystery, but scientists captured four and bred them to create thousands of new individuals, preventing them from extinction.

The original individuals were named “Adam” and “Eve,” scientists said. And according to a rather unusual love habit in insects, tree lobsters have clear pairings. At night, when going to sleep, the male will use his three legs to wrap around the female for protection.

Ball’s Pyramid – the name of the island – is estimated to have emerged from the sea 7 million years ago, in the area near Lord Howe Island off the coast of Australia. The 1,250 ft Empire State Building is only 2/3 the height of Ball’s Pyramid. All sides of the rocky island are steep and almost no living creatures can live. But somehow, tree lobsters have achieved miracles.

Location of Ball’s Pyramid island.