Locust Plague Devours 40,000 Tonnes of Vegetation | Earth's Tropical Islands | BBC Earth

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When there is an abundance of crops, flightless locusts have a unique hunting technique: they create a plague-like swarm, which can run a kilometre long, in search for food. However, when they morph into adults and take to the air, they create a phenomena of destruction.
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@shlingusdingus4174 Год назад

A plague in action. Spectacular footage.

@Alpha_7227 Год назад

I always marvel at how they are able to capture the footage. The cinematography in wildlife docos is amazing.

@chocodil2 Год назад

Nature provides the most fascinating spectacles

@yaad2226 Год назад

YO MAMA

@LuckAqua Год назад

I am a fishkeeper. I keep nature in my backyard. 😅

@lewcehjitl3282 Год назад

Now imagine the Creator.

@yaad2226 Год назад

@@lewcehjitl3282 that is the question wastaqi

@mokarokas-1727 Год назад

@@lewcehjitl3282 - And it stops at imagination, too. Nature is real.

@epdelavega Год назад

This gave me chills. I was scared and awed at the same time

@Alpha_7227 Год назад

This guy can take over from David Attenborough with his voice overs. Captivating. I always marvel at the cinematography. How do they manage it. I wish it was stated somewhere.

@georginaadams4826 Год назад

They have made videos showing how they film. All the Box Sets have them, so they must be around 😁 hope you find them, it is truly an amazing insight!

@Alpha_7227 Год назад

@@georginaadams4826 Like they must just sit around for days, weeks, months, waiting for that coolest shot.

@georginaadams4826 Год назад

@@Alpha_7227 something like that i bet 🤣

@趙子宏-p4e Год назад

It feels spectacular looking through your lens 😳

@LuckAqua Год назад

Their videos are just masterpieces. It would require a lot of effort to have that kind of views.

@趙子宏-p4e Год назад

@@LuckAqua The results of their hard work are great! !

@touremuhammad5983 Год назад

Honestly I’m surprised there’s no footage of birds going after these locust swarms. They’d have the time of their lives. Like a Vegas Style Buffet! 😅

@4irs0ftmsi4 Год назад

I'm really amazed and fascinated at how these knowledge and facts were studied and found. Must took a lot of hard work effort and long time for us to learn.

@khing7237 Год назад

Editors had a field day with the background music 🎶

@LuckAqua Год назад

Yeah. The music does add the dramatical feeling to the vid.

@gitsurfer27 Год назад

@@LuckAqua No he's saying its way too loud, you can barely hear the narrator

@mokarokas-1727 Год назад

@@gitsurfer27 - Having a field day doesn't mean something is too loud or even wrong, so that's probably not what he said at all.

@purehyper124 Год назад

The power of nature comes in many forms.

@jerryphilips9346 Год назад

Mother nature is always so different and beautiful

@fathikamash4353 Год назад

destruction in full action , so amazing.

@raptorbass4054 Год назад

This was amazing and scary to watch

@24yohannes Год назад

The brief moment we see them walking together looks cool 0:04

@mistaboneka Год назад

Historically, when the locust ate your crops, the locusts become food in replace.

@Jeremy-bc1qz Год назад

Uhhh.. I think we need to call Hans

@Justalilcute Год назад

Omg stays even on a BBC earth 😊

@harrellt1405 Год назад

Niemann?

@jaykhatana18 Год назад

@@harrellt1405 locust speaks for itself xd

@KwasiAfriyie-pm4er 6 месяцев назад

Why?

@Peace4All09 Год назад

Sign of the times!

@jonathanhuertas1977 Месяц назад

“Let’s Ride!!!”

@BelegaerTheGreat Год назад

*Their white, double wings look so beautiful! You would never guess they are a plague!*

@twinflowerfioretta Год назад

aww, that was intens and terrifying....with a good end ?

@tarjei99 Год назад

The countermeasure is ducks. Running ducks have been used for locust control in China.

@VandeAkhandaBharatam Год назад

Not at this scale

@tarjei99 Год назад

@@VandeAkhandaBharatam actually yes. The Chinese used 100 000 birds.

@makaveliversepro7434 6 месяцев назад

A balance reached in nature.

@Natureindica Год назад

All footage are amazing

@huldu Год назад

Awww so cute! They're basically like tiny humans with wings.

@dereknaut Год назад

I was laughing so hard at how hard those kids were trying to protect the rice farm

@mbeeel Год назад

They're quite delicious when you fried them crispy

@LuckAqua Год назад

It may sound weird but I feel so satisfied when watching them chew the crop.

@blucat4 Год назад

You're vegan. Definitely! 🙂

@cinnamonbabkaha Год назад

Also: Every college student returning home over break to raid their parents' refrigerator.

@thegreencompany2101 Год назад

Facinating to watch! One of the greatest migrations of animals on a relatively short distance!

@anb7408 4 месяца назад

These are pretty small compared to the locusts I’ve seen in the western US. Those things are huge, and can turn the sky brown/black when they swarm into the atmosphere.

@3thinking Месяц назад

BBC Earth: Locust Plague Devours 40,000 Tonnes of Vegetation Klaus Schwab: Eat ze Bugz!

@Dar3D3vil2896 Год назад

Jurassic World Dominion brought me here... anyone else??? Let's REALLY talk about this!

@mariadaluzmoutinho5701 Год назад

Incrível BBC...expressivo video, até as crianças a tentar lutar contra uma praga enorme que parece um exército voador, sofrego a destruir tudo...que lindas montanhas!! Como a natureza não faz nada ao acaso ...que propósito terá esta praga de gafanhotos ser de 10 em 10 anos?!!

@WVgrl59 Год назад

It is crazy is that they aren't like that when they're just by themselves some hormonal things starts when they gather and punches like that and then they become raveness.

@ouzi9122 Год назад

Trust me it's how I feel when I see Cowboy fans

@AshtonOrtega Год назад

Nah man. Their ravenous behaviour has nothing to do with one another. They are all just after the healthy vegetation at the same time. They come depending on food not each other

@LuckAqua Год назад

@@ouzi9122 😂 You got me.

@jackguess762 Год назад

Who else loves the music at the end ?

@MrWongnawa Год назад

People in Asia deep fry these things as a snack! A swarm like this could feed the entire country!

@eskanda3434 Год назад

No thanks

@LuckAqua Год назад

Believe me, it's suck. The taste is not great at all. I suggest creating nets to catch them and turn them into fertilizer.

@MrWongnawa Год назад

It might not taste amazing but it is definitely an abundant source of protein.

@chengkuoklee5734 Год назад

Sorry to inform adult flying locust has mild toxin. Non-locustlisation grass hoppers are safe for human consumption.

@langroodi3 2 месяца назад

درود بسیار عالی ، دلنواز سپاس فراوان ، 🌱💯💐👌🙏✌️🌱

@ironwillACNH Год назад

1:54 those kids are tough, I'd never leave the house.

@astick5249 Год назад

Id have a blast catching them

@sas9488 Год назад

سبحان الخلاق العليم سبحان الله

@footfault1941 Год назад

Before being able to fly, they're ideal preys. Numerous, congregated and easy to catch. Where are predators? Outnumbered?

@michaelmorbius9070 Год назад

they are delish

@ronaldmolinasandoval1849 Год назад

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@aaronhunte8768 Год назад

The scriptures said these locusts/grasshoppers can be consume.

@jeka-tatussimplorium2558 Год назад

Esse canal é incrível

@blueenigmage Год назад

I see it like money flying, it's very valuable

@shanepageau8462 Год назад

Wow 40000 tonnes devoured crops now that's really something ?

@LuckAqua Год назад

That could bring 1000 families to their knees.

@glennwhite5187 Год назад

Some serious fishing bait!!!

@r.amh1400 Год назад

I liked the part when they died at the end

@AndrewPark-lc2gu Год назад

I blame Biosyn

@julianaerti Год назад

Good

@maryannrosales1192 Год назад

Sometimes group of giant green grass hoppers, sometimes brown..

@arbiter690 Год назад

Call in the Gears......the Locust Horde is on the move.

@thorodinson6625 Год назад

I can see why Jurassic world dominion used these. Very well handled. Or maybe too well.

@Anonymous-yx3jf Год назад

Would live to try a flame thrower on that one

@sarciguy2462 Год назад

Send the duck troops in and I mean alot of ducks lol

@jjtzlofttv2390 Год назад

Cambodians laos and thai loves this insect

@JustCharlesBro 6 месяцев назад

They release alot of birds and poisonous snakes in the area to have a field day and then they come and tranquillize the animals from afar bc they were tagged and pick them back up all full😂

@keithsmith2124 Год назад

An overwhelming amount of destruction!

@johnthomas-vy3th Год назад

Wonder what locust tastes like , gotta be full of protein surely , they certainly do eat well so I'd guess they taste good 👍

@Isayah_613 Год назад

They're actually not harmful to eat, I'd try them if I knew how to prepare them for consumption.

@luphuong5239 Год назад

@Maniac 5000 BRUH !!! I HATE DEMOCRAT !!! 😡😠👿👊 I ONLY LOVE REPUBLICANS ❤

@odd_bird Год назад

Indeed they are traditionally eaten in the Middle East and even considered halal / kosher.

@eurothegrappler2116 Год назад

Yes, you should eat them- they are that good. It's a common traditional meal in Zimbabwe.

@fathikamash4353 Год назад

@@odd_bird yes we do , they taste well when fried !

@deeT02 Год назад

We call those grass hoppers. They will eat your garden fast if you don't catch them.

@ElephantSoul Год назад

OMG 😲

@EveLord-hx1me Год назад

Its like he is Auditioning for the next David Attenborough

@Breadsipperx_CHEESE Год назад

News magazine: bugs are a viable and sustainable source of nutrients including protein. Me: PROTEIN! PROTEIN! PROTEIN!

@nathancomixproductions466 Год назад

They should've taken a rain advisory.

@-R-B Год назад

Birth place: Desert Favourite color: Green Favourite time pass: reproduction in huge quantities Favourite work: destroying everything which comes in path Oh I am talking about locusts

@mohafaisal86 Год назад

Like a Swarm of Locusts

@minskbecause1225 Год назад

Аааааа спасибо за видео!

@quantumblauthor7300 Год назад

In their defence, they hongry

@astick5249 Год назад

hungy

@yepyep340 Год назад

Bait!

@Lord_of_Proboscidea Год назад

Reminds me of a specific dinosaur movie…

@cosimocubing3820 Год назад

Same… a very shitty one tho

@netweed09 Год назад

It's just not a Documentary without the Great Man while it's still possible.

@ejdjsjhzbbzb7316 Год назад

This me rumblings vibes

@shaginus 11 месяцев назад

Just captured them and sends to Thailand we'll take care of them nicely We have Wok, Oil, Maggi, Pepper

@gitsurfer27 Год назад

You wouldn't think you'd have to say this to the BBC, but maybe turn the music down so we can hear stuff?

@GODsARMY121 10 месяцев назад

Sometimes I get mad when humans kill animals but now I'm starting to see that they can take over easy.

@Hyperion-5744 Год назад

It vietnam they sell large amounts of deep fried locusts.

@aryaprincess2479 7 месяцев назад

All you have to do is spray some soapy water, they won't be able to fly and if the soap is organic it will not harm the soil.

@OngoGablogian185 Год назад

We should just put giant nets up and eat them. Fried with salt and vinegar, they'd be good. Cheap source of protein.

@urszulagromadzka9880 Год назад

Guana und locust

@N_G_H Год назад

Imagine hearing this in person 🫣

@noodlechenglin6253 Год назад

That camera man do be flying

@cintronproductions9430 Год назад

Jurassic World Dominion be like:

@Lord_of_Proboscidea Год назад

Beat me to it

@maryannrosales1192 Год назад

I dont know but..they showed up every decade. Or 20 yrs i guess. The last time inhave seen these was when i was below 10. I am 38 now

@Randomvideos-yr6cc Год назад

40,000 tones😶

@Doyouknowthatreal Год назад

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@ryanzanimations9298 Год назад

jurassic world dominion moment

@jwonderfulsuccess Год назад

Woow what an awesome God✨

@marlonparcon1921 Год назад

They're delicious to eat

@wildsalmon8410 Год назад

Be ah shame of someone, left a mountain food scraps and vegetation up there 🎭💀🎭

@IqbalAlif9001 Год назад

free protein!!

@marvntreyhd Год назад

cant believe im saying this but damn them Locusts are tasty as hell lol

@AxeGaijin 7 месяцев назад

I am Locust of Plague, resistance is futile.

@AlvinJunior-mx4ue 7 месяцев назад

Revelation 9:7 “And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.”