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Melbourne commuters marvelled on Friday at locusts landing on the streets of Australia's second-biggest city.
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Melbourne commuters marvelled on Friday at locusts landing on the streets of Australia's second-biggest city.
“We've had lots of reports this morning,” a Victoria state government spokeswoman said. “The hot northerly wind has been a perfect vehicle for them to be flown into Melbourne.”
Abundant rainfall in the south-east of the continent has provided ideal breeding for the formation of swarms that can number 50 million and devastate crops as well as pester motorists and pilots.
With the worst plague in 30 years predicted as the southern hemisphere summer hots up, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) warned pilots that swarms made flying hazardous.
“They can get sucked into intakes, they can get sucked up tubes that feed the airspeed indicators,” CASA spokesman Peter Gibson said. “Obviously if you get enough of them it restricts visibility if they splatter all over the windscreen.” - Sapa-dpa
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Abdullah, wrote
Apparently they are packed with protein
Anonymous, wrote
LOL. You are right Sunnyt, the bastard has a smile from "ear 2 ear".
Read Matthew 24, wrote
Read Matthew 24...fast
sunnyt, wrote
I u check the pic closely... that bugga is actually smiling :)
Terri, wrote
@SamIAm, I agree with you, harvest them, they are a good source of protein.
Anonymous, wrote
You have locusts, we have Obama. You should consider yourselves lucky.
Anonymous, wrote
Yeah, well, so far so good. The locusts are in certain places in my town at the moment, nothing really to panic about. Reminds me back when I was a kid in the 1970s. Anyway, when life serves up lemons, make lemonade. :)
30yrworldend, wrote
reading the bible is not going to change the annual Oz locusts, as for this happening more than once, well 30 years ago was this the end of the world...?
Ogden Rhodes, wrote
Yeah, these critters need to be douses with BT, it is a safe and effective alternative t chemical insecticides
Anonymous, wrote
Every heard of a bug killer called RAID? Use it!
Howard, wrote
No surprise here...Look all around the World at what is going on..disasters, plague, famine, drought, wars, earthquakes, tsunami's, volcano's, earthquakes, typhoons, ALL increasing EXPONENTIALLY.!!! Open a Bible and read Isaiah. Daniel, and Revelation...Jesus Will return soon and take those who are Saved by His Blood to Heaven with Him.!!! Read John 3:16, and ask Him to forgive your sins...You WONT be sorry.!!!!!
Sam I Am, wrote
So suck them up and make something useful from them such as pet food or fertilizer instead of whining like little girls.
spirit, wrote
These look like grasshoppers to me, not locusts. Locusts are much uglier!
Anonymous, wrote
This is right out of the Old Testament, about the future. Read Joel Chapter 1 & 2 with this in context.
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