African locusts are huge, their body length alone is seven to eight centimeters, more than half the length of a hand.

They fall like raindrops, landing on the thick animal hide, and can even make a slightly dull sound.

Just listening to the continuous sound made the audience in front of the screen feel a little depressed.

It’s hard to imagine what Bi Fang said about the serious locust plague that was really like black clouds, what a terrifying sight it was.

Bi Fang gently lifted a corner of the fur.

Between the gap between the animal hide and the ground, morning light shines through, interweaving light and dark, truly revealing the ferocious corner of the outside world.

At this time, the audience discovered that it was just one or two locusts, and it had already become a film.

The outer circle of the animal hide was densely packed with palm-sized brown locusts, and a few tried to get into the gaps, but were shot away by Bifang with a flick of his finger.

Just the first sight of it can give you goosebumps all over your body.

If I felt a little depressed just now, now I feel completely breathless.

As a cheetah, it was the first time in its life that it saw such a terrifying scene, and its eyes widened and shone with a dark light.

The terrible thing about the locust plague is that it is overwhelming.

【What a unique blessing】

"I have talked about the density of locusts before. After a locust disaster occurs, there can be 3 million locusts in one acre of land, with a total weight of six tons. This is a yield of 12,000 kilograms per mu. Rice now does not produce a kilogram per mu.

What! The gap is more than ten times, how can people eat it all?"

Eating locusts can only solve the short-term food crisis.

"As I said before, desert locusts will spread and cover most of the earth."

"Coupled with the fact that the global climate has been getting warmer in the past two years, and the El Niño event occurred last year, the number of locusts here has skyrocketed."

Harley's body was completely curled up. Every time a locust landed on the skin and caused a slight tremor, it would tremble and lean closer to Bifang, making the space under the skin more crowded.

Bi Fang grabbed the cheetah's head with his big hands, pushed it to the ground, and then sneezed uncontrollably.

"It's not because we are immune to cyanide, nor is it a matter of toxicity and dosage. One locust in a high-density area may cause mild poisoning symptoms."

And wherever he went, not a blade of grass grew.

El Niño, which means El Niño in Spanish, refers specifically to the large-scale, abnormally warm seawater that occurs in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific.

[Let you see what a real foodie is]

"When the locust plague hit Selie, the local residents enjoyed eating locusts. They could catch a lot of locusts with a gauze net and fry them directly in the oil pan until golden brown. The kid next door coughed. This is what happened."

The visual impact is comparable to a doomsday blockbuster.

"Hydrogen cyanide, as everyone should know from the name cyanide, this stuff is poisonous, quite toxic."

Last year's El Niño event lasted until the end of the year.

Bi Fang sorted out some weather phenomena in the past two years.

Most humans live in fixed places, but locusts have completely free space for movement.

Africa is already arid, and locusts lay huge eggs. Under conditions of warming and heavy rainfall, vegetation grows wildly, providing perfect conditions for the growth of nymphs.

"This involves a self-protection mechanism of locusts. The locusts themselves also know that becoming gregarious will make it easier for natural enemies to hunt, so they will release the odor signal phenylacetonitrile, and natural enemies will be less interested in eating them after smelling it."

"This method is still commonly used, but the cost is very high. The locust plague has been severe in recent years, and it may have something to do with the lack of airplanes in Kenya."

"Besides, you won't be able to finish eating. Eating is just a drop in the bucket."

"The fundamental reason is that hydrocyanic acid at high temperatures will volatilize and burn very quickly. Animals will not eat cooked food, but humans will. The toxicity can be eliminated through cooking techniques. It is not completely inedible, but it is very difficult to eat.

It’s just a risk, there’s no guarantee of survival.”

The only thing that can limit them is probably the large-scale reduction of vegetation, and the lack of food will cause the locusts to starve to death.

This is the end result.

"What I just mentioned about chickens and ducks does have certain uses, but most of the locusts eaten by chickens and ducks are in the nymph stage, and they prefer to eat scattered locusts. If it is before a disaster, it is indeed a good method, but it will not work after the disaster.

.”

"In fact, if we didn't have the Himalayas, which blocks most of the eastward locust swarms, plus the prevailing northeasterly winds in Southeast Asia in winter, and the flow of desert locusts mainly depends on the Indian Ocean monsoon, we would also be threatened by them."

"Under the protection of phenylacetonitrile, if natural enemies still attack locusts, phenylacetonitrile will be converted into hydrogen cyanide."

[Who said you can’t eat it if it’s poisonous? Do you understand? 】

【I can't do it anymore, I'm afraid of committing a crime】

[Then wouldn’t people like this not be able to eat it? 】

"After a locust plague occurs, it must be controlled. In the past, people used to control locust plagues in a stupid way. The locusts laid their eggs in the soil, so they plowed the land. The flightless nymphs gathered on the ground, so they set fire to it. Later, chemical pesticides were introduced.

, and now that we have airplanes, we can use airplanes to spread pesticides in the sky.”

This guy kept leaning here, and the long hairs on his ears were poking into his nostrils, and it was really uncomfortable.

There was a rare hint of joy in Bi Fang's tone.

There are not enough treatment methods, and the more locusts there are, the more eggs they will lay, and the more eggs they will lay, the more locusts will be. It snowballs, and it has completely become a stubborn disease.

【terrible】

In winter, the monsoon will go north from the east coast of India, but then it will circle and blow back, and the locusts will be carried back.

Because of this, usually, when a severe drought is followed by heavy rainfall before locusts hatch, there is a high probability that a locust plague will occur.

【???】

【Disgusting】

[Do you really not know how to eat people?]

The audience all sighed after hearing this.

Too dense, too big, too numb.

[By the way, can locusts be eaten? There are so many, so you don’t have to worry about food, right?]

[Please give me a pair of clean eyes]

Netizens can really quarrel at any time. Bi Fang cursed in his heart and explained calmly: "Actually, both sides are right. You can eat locusts in a locust plague, but you can't eat them."

[This damn thing is too big, right?]

Locusts need a dry environment to lay eggs, but after laying eggs, they secrete a gelatinous substance, making the eggs extremely waterproof, and the hatchability will not be reduced during rainy periods.

[Indeed, raising more chickens and ducks should also have a certain effect]

【It’s amazing】

After catching locusts for several days, all the crops were gone and the locusts quickly flew away.

"The African locusts wanted to come to our country, but they were blocked by headwinds and mountains, so they survived."

[Silly man, you didn’t know that locusts are poisonous when they swarm?]

"Ahem, please don't be so aggressive."

"Don't be anxious, everyone. Let me tell you the conclusion first. It is true that chickens and ducks cannot be eaten, but humans can. This is based on facts."

But in summer, the wind stops blowing and blows directly downward, making it even harder for locusts to get through.

"So even if you want to eat locusts, it's best to catch them specifically before they change color. After all, the color characteristics are still easy to distinguish, and they need to be fried and cooked thoroughly to minimize the hydrocyanic acid content."

I didn’t expect that even though human beings have developed to the current level, they still can’t deal with this mere locust.

Just like that, Bifang and Harley lay on the ground, quietly waiting for the locusts to pass by.

It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky that the buzzing sound in the sky completely disappeared, and my ears and eyes became clear.

It was as if the dark clouds hanging over my head suddenly dissipated.
Chapter completed!