Albert's Swarm

thunderbong 16 points 3 comments March 21, 2026
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bob1029

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBItRvBEhOs

wyum

I was curious why we don't hear about locust swarms anymore in the US Turns out this species - the Rocky Mountain locust was made accidentally extinct by settlers. Although the swarms could be huge, they had a small and concentrated breeding ground that was destroyed by farming and cows. Wikipedia says the last specimen was collected in 1904.

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