Dense black spots appeared on the horizon like screen windows, and the whole thing was like an ever-expanding cloud ball. It was expanding crazily and moving slowly, frightening the onlookers who didn't know what was going on.
The style of painting is quite weird.
Even Bifang looked puzzled before a word came out of his mouth that surprised everyone.
locust!
Hearing this word, countless viewers made comments.
[Locust, did I hear you correctly? Is this a locust? 】
[Damn, are there still locusts now? I always thought these things were extinct]
[You are living in the future century, why are there no locusts anymore?]
[It seems like I have never seen this thing before]
[You must have seen it before, but you may have mistaken the locusts for grasshoppers or grasshoppers]
[I have never understood the difference between crickets, grasshoppers, grasshoppers, and locusts.]
[Hey, hey, hey, is it time to discuss biology now? This thing is so big, it’s already a disaster, right???]
It can be seen from the refresh rate of the barrage on the screen that the audience is very confused at this time and has a strong desire to express themselves.
Moreover, if they were really locusts, the scale in front of them would be too huge.
From the perspective of the audience, it can be called a locust plague.
You can't eat people, can you?
In the eyes of many people, locusts and piranhas are the same type of creatures. Once they gather in a swarm, nothing is left behind after passing through, and there are bones everywhere, and there are devoured skeletons everywhere.
"It's not a locust plague, it's just that there are a lot of them and it looks scary."
Facing the swarm of locusts that frightened ordinary people, Bi Fang didn't even move. He just pulled the animal skin on the side and prepared to block it when the time came.
【No, this is not much?】
【How terrifying would a real locust plague be?】
"The wave in front of us is relatively mild. If it were serious, it wouldn't be what it is now."
"You will see a fluffy black cloud, which is thousands of times denser than it is now, and can almost block the sun. That is the real locust plague. After passing through, no grass will be left."
"When they fall to the ground, they don't even have a foothold of their own. They can only lie on their companions, forming a second or even third layer of flesh carpet."
Everyone imagined such a scene in their minds and couldn't help but shudder.
That's too scary. Isn't it all green and brown when you step on it?
"But even if you encounter a locust plague, you don't have to worry about being in danger. Locust plagues are only very destructive to plants and crops. They basically don't eat meat. Unless they are too hungry, they will eat some dying animals or
Animal carcasses, otherwise you don’t have to worry about locusts crossing the border and chewing you into a pile of bones, that’s impossible.”
"If you encounter it, just wrap it up with something and be careful not to get bitten or hit your eyes. Everything else is basically fine."
As Bi Fang spoke, he grabbed the animal skin on the side and put it on his body, covering himself and Harley.
The locust swarm appears to be moving slowly, but that is an illusion caused by the size of the target.
In fact, locusts move very fast. They can move more than 100 kilometers per day on average, excluding the eating time and resting time. In terms of pure speed, it is amazing.
"Kenya has always been the hardest hit area by locust plagues, or in other words, the whole of East Africa is the hardest hit area."
Bi Fang's voice became louder, and as the locusts approached, the friction sound became very obvious.
"Kenya is close to the tropics and the climate is not cold, so locust plagues can appear at any time. I remember that from November last year to now, Kenya has monitored 75 swarms of locusts."
"The largest swarm even formed a locust belt 60 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide, covering an area of about 2,000 square kilometers, with more than 100 million locusts per square kilometer!"
[Fuck, this is too exaggerated]
[Are you sure the unit is correct?]
【This amount is hundreds of billions!】
Because the coverage area is so large, it is difficult to eliminate all locusts at once.
They will spread everywhere. African desert locusts can not only wreak havoc in many African countries, but also fly across Europe, Asia and Africa, from East Africa to West Asia, South Asia, Southern Europe and other places, and sometimes even fly to South America.
Traveled halfway around the world.
With such a large area, it is difficult to catch them all at once.
Moreover, locusts lay eggs in the soil, and then the locusts on the ground are eliminated. After a period of time, the eggs in the soil hatch into locusts, and a new batch of locust plagues will form, causing locust plagues to continue to appear.
Even in China, it took decades of long-term, firm, and effective governance with high organizational capabilities to barely restrain it and prevent it from forming into groups, and even this happened from time to time, let alone being completely backward.
Africa with low organizational capacity.
As his thoughts turned, the locust finally came to everyone.
The first thing that appeared was a locust that landed on the ground.
Bi Fang opened a corner of the animal hide and saw it falling on a green grass, opening its mouth and gnawing at it very quickly.
Soon, locusts fell down one after another like raindrops, gnawing on the grass like their previous companions.
"In a real locust plague, the density of locusts is very high. It can reach 5,000 per square meter, and the total weight is about 10 kilograms. If there are 3 million locusts in one acre of land, the total weight can reach six tons."
"Normally, in arid areas, two to three acres of grain fields can produce one ton of straw, and only 40,000 to 50,000 locusts can eat it within an hour."
"If there is a locust plague, it will only happen in less than a minute."
"The most important thing is that locusts eat more than double their body weight every day and can eat up all the crops in an area in one day."
Bi Fang explained while watching.
He could also clearly feel that locusts had also fallen on his back, on the animal hide, but because there was no food, they jumped away again.
Under meticulous close observation, Bi Fang and the audience also saw several locusts inserting their tails into the soil.
Apparently they are breeding.
"Normally, locusts are scattered and have severe 'social fear', and they will avoid physical contact with similar species. However, under certain circumstances, such as suitable living conditions and more food, locusts breed happily and the population density increases. I think
It’s a little difficult to keep distance from other bugs.”
"In this case, if their hind legs are touched frequently, their insect brains will secrete 5-hydroxytryptamine and some other pheromones, and the locusts will become gregarious. The whole process only takes a few hours."
"Note that only the hind legs can trigger the 'brainwashing' effect, not other parts. I don't know why. It's something that is still being studied."
"Social locusts are completely different things. They even change their structure and become more edible and fly. Although they are not more fertile, the quality of their eggs has become higher and the color has also changed. They will change from green to green.
It becomes yellow or black."
"And the smell it emits will continue to attract other locusts to join the team. As the locust swarms continue to expand, and if there is not enough food to eat, they will start a large migration, migrating all the way, breeding all the way, attracting new locusts to join, and of course eating food along the way.
"
"This is how the locust plague began."
"The number of this wave we encountered is not very large. It is conceivable that it may not be long before they become what I call a 'black cloud'."