At 15cm, the Lord Howe Stick Insect is an impressive beast. It lives quietly on vegetation, and the males bond with the females, and follow them. By the time the invading rats had finished eating them on the island in 1920, they joined the list of extinct species.
For conservationists, that is a devastating fact. Communicating the loss is a passion. But this story has a twist which makes it a wonderful metaphor, on which Jilli Rose has been able to construct a redemptive film which also stamps on your heart.
