When I was a 6-year-old kid, I remember that there was a locust plague where I live. Everybody just locked their doors and windows and waited until they were gone. We live in the capital, so there's no nearby farm or any plants really, but they were just passing by. It took probably a couple of hours. However, the experience was traumatic, to say the least. The noises they made, and how they kept bumping the closed windows. They're harmless to humans, but it still wasn't a very pleasant experience

@yellowstarproductions6743

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about that.

@oreothecat2460

2 жыл бұрын

Omg same I was visiting my grandparents in the village and me and my cousins were baking a cake and when we were serving the cake a whole freaking swarm of these things flew over us.My cousin even decapitated a dead one.

@dronetheworld4k67

2 жыл бұрын

In Egypt right ??

@basemmostafa3307

2 жыл бұрын

@@dronetheworld4k67 Yep, Cairo 2004

@bonebreakingmarathon6550

2 жыл бұрын

@@dronetheworld4k67 When we once go to Egypt school trip to learn about historys we once got hit by waves of desert locust, The invasion last 3 hour, Screw you teacher you locked me outside of the bus.

"A typical swarm contains more locusts than there are humans on the planet" Ants : cool

@BigattckFirecat

2 жыл бұрын

Ants: a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!

@hanhan9123

2 жыл бұрын

There are at least 1 million ants for every human

@sotl7749

2 жыл бұрын

@@BigattckFirecat wait, isn't there a movie where ants are being oppressed by grasshoppers xD

@olivermarsudi9984

2 жыл бұрын

@@sotl7749 A Bug's Life... childhood movie

@xdk362

2 жыл бұрын

Bullet ants, army ants, fire ants, argentine ants, weaver ants: you dare challenge me mortal?!

Like the ancient proverb says: "When the Locusts start clumping, it's time to start running."

@thegamingpuppet8381

2 жыл бұрын

When the Locusts start clumping,start running

@funveeable

2 жыл бұрын

You know what also causes locust swarms? A bunch of communists killing sparrows and without the sparrows to eat the grasshoppers, they become locusts.

@Ninjaananas

2 жыл бұрын

@@funveeable And that's why these sparrows need guns.

@putthemoneyinthebag7931

2 жыл бұрын

Sun tzu said that

@iammedusa2734

2 жыл бұрын

Or we could just eat them

You know those electric fly swatter? Yeah we need that except bigger.

@neerajkrishnang3916

2 жыл бұрын

Like Tesla's death ray perhaps ?

@ragebash13

2 жыл бұрын

Before they arrive don't forget to say: ENJOY THE SHOW!!!

@koharumi1

2 жыл бұрын

It will probably get clogged. Too many insects, prevent it from functioning.

"Oh, no! The locust ate the crops!" "Time to eat the locust, then". (Based on the video suggestion)

@Delnyque

2 жыл бұрын

Grasshoppers are really tasty, wonder if locust taste similar

@entropy8634

2 жыл бұрын

He said locus are poisonous bc of the poisonous plants they ate

@mohammadzafar8193

2 жыл бұрын

@@entropy8634 then gave them to chickens then eat the chickens

@nikenshrestha1235

2 жыл бұрын

@@entropy8634 how my parents alive then?

@randomhumanofearth7267

2 жыл бұрын

@@entropy8634 if you cook them poison goes away I think

In Thailand, we eat it. It's almost go extinction. When I was kid, it's all over my rice farm. Today it's very rare to see any of locust. If you don't mind to eating bugs, this bugs give you high protein. Salt + soy sauce + pepper and fry it.

@Simp_Zone

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds tasty! What a great way to stop a swarm just eat them all lol. We should use this practice for the super rich too

@neonlight1214

2 жыл бұрын

🤢

@ethankoh6851

2 жыл бұрын

Modern problems require ... Solutions

@neonlight1214

2 жыл бұрын

@@amberthefirst3579 ?

@JugglerBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Protein ++

can't believe they didn't mention how the swarming behavior is controlled by cannibalism: they want to stay close, but if they get too close, they eat eachother... which drives the swarm forward. (they keep moving so others don't eat them!) My idea is to spray swarms or between crops with an agriculture-friendly sticky substance, like molasses or hagfish slime. it'll slow down their movement enough that they can start to eat eachother, letting us turn the problem (their voracious appetite) into part of the solution.

@bensoncheung2801

2 жыл бұрын

Wiiide brain solutions here.

@lwmaynard5180

2 жыл бұрын

It's called Locomotion Cuisine , and Sticky just desserts ? ? ?

@realhuman4879

2 жыл бұрын

Locust plagues are just very hungry clouds

@riki4644

2 жыл бұрын

that's even more spooky

@sirblue5586

2 жыл бұрын

Also migration, grasshopper nymphs that develop in physical contact with other nymphs transform into locust. They look so different from grasshoppers it's insane. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKxpx7F7epadmag.html

You don't become a biblical plague for nothing.

@neetaspirant7044

2 жыл бұрын

◖⚆ᴥ⚆◗

@DanksterPaws

2 жыл бұрын

Until theres nothing left of green!

@biomuseum6645

2 жыл бұрын

But the Old Testament isn’t that special either

@samuraiboi2735

2 жыл бұрын

Well unless you want the other plagues to go against you

@saind4170

2 жыл бұрын

God will exert his vengeance upon the ungodly sycophants for their malfeasances! Heed the patience of the Saints!

I really like the animation in this one, they look like paper cutouts

@konohamaru8497

2 жыл бұрын

They must put lots of work for this vid animation

Around 10 yrs back, there was a warning on locust invasion in our region. When the time came, we literally ate them all. There were people camping out around the street lamps at night with jars/containers catching them, as they are considered a delicacy for us. Can't wait for the next swarm. #proud to be a naga 😂

@Delnyque

2 жыл бұрын

I knew it! The must be tasty!!

@epilepsy1179

2 жыл бұрын

Does it taste good?

@CEOofNothingness

2 жыл бұрын

What about the taste?

@akmalrafiaa4772

2 жыл бұрын

Where I come from we eat grasshoppers, but what about locusts? I've never seen a locust before (at least I think so)

@legendsaysrtzisstillfarmin7021

2 жыл бұрын

First, we pluck the wings out and usually deep fry them. They are crunchy and the taste is obviously good, coz we won't be bothering to catch them if theyr not

I remember this graphic novel series called Bone. The main antagonist was an entity known as The Lord of the Locusts. Now when I was a kid I thought that was a little weird having a bug be the big bad. Of course, now that I know what Locusts can do I don't think it's so silly.

I remember one day at football practice a locus swarm flew through our practice. My coach was a ex-army ranger, and pulled me down to the ground and put my face in the grass like we was at war. Lol good times good times.

Locust: No one can tame us, no one can stop us. Moses: Haha stick goes brrr

@sureindubitably3771

2 жыл бұрын

@@littlesunshine1314 no, its just a normal stick

@sureindubitably3771

2 жыл бұрын

@@littlesunshine1314 uh sure whatever you say =)

@biomuseum6645

2 жыл бұрын

Haha myth goes brr

@elvixpro7693

2 жыл бұрын

@@littlesunshine1314 Stick is stick

@caetanosilveira2592

2 жыл бұрын

God made the stick powerful

Can we just wait a while and appreciate the animation? It's just mesmerizing !! Hats off to you guys ❤️❤️

@hugueraify

2 жыл бұрын

Thankss, i animated some scenes in this project, so nice to read comments like this ♥️

@syedarushda2108

2 жыл бұрын

@@hugueraify Wow really?! That's super cool. You're a great animator !!

I saw an Outlander episode where they were swarmed by locusts. Man it was crazy!

@abby-me17016

2 жыл бұрын

FREAKIN LOVE OUTLANDERS i’m addicted welp

I remember this being mentioned in the book Things Fall Apart. The community took advantage by collecting the locusts, and frying and eating them. Bug eats your crops? Eat the bugs!

The 'reproducing' image slayed me, hahahaha

@darksparkyshark430

2 жыл бұрын

Fallin'

(The plagues lyrics from the Prince of Egypt) “I sent a hail of burning ice on every FIELD on every town!” was followed by “I sent the locusts on a wind, such as the world has never seen, on every leaf on every stalk, until there’s nothing left of green!” It appears the Bible has one of the earliest recorded cases (the plagues probably exaggerated) of ecological disturbance.

@SCP--fj2jr

2 жыл бұрын

*It's kinda amazing how much information we can uncover from the past, yet not know the whole thing.* *But still, pretty cool having one of the world's oldest religious texts available to anybody.*

@catdogmousecheese

2 жыл бұрын

Prince of Egypt is an incredibly underrated movie, go see it if you haven't already. Amazing music, gorgeous animation, and for a Christian movie it doesn't feel preachy or pretentious.

@ipiinsih3655

2 жыл бұрын

waiting for someone to say its all a fairytale

@vitabricksnailslime8273

2 жыл бұрын

It's no exaggeration. I've seen the football field which was opposite my home eaten down to roots in the space of a few hours.

@sureindubitably3771

2 жыл бұрын

@@catdogmousecheese yea its just Moses and how they got out from Egypt

The interesting thing is, our ancestor 65 million years ago was a mouse-sized creature that ate bugs. We wouldn't be here without bugs.

Damn, this makes me uncomfortable. Insect fear acting up. That's how good the animation is

@primeroforjesus

2 жыл бұрын

@@smeggiamagarwinewait till I bring the jojos to come get you. Orewa stando ni za warudo.

@sureindubitably3771

2 жыл бұрын

@@smeggiamagarwine dude some people are afraid of bugs don't bully peeps

@samsunguser3148

2 жыл бұрын

@@primeroforjesus hory shet, a jojo reference

@zhankazest

2 жыл бұрын

@@smeggiamagarwine you're definitely a troll

@sureindubitably3771

2 жыл бұрын

@@smeggiamagarwine ah, nvm you were just joking. you are free to r/woooosh me

I am from Iraq and was in the past a devastating plaque, not anymore since the fifties, but before and my grandfather say, when the locust swarm hits they hunt it and fry or grill the locust as a food source and it was quite delicious.

Here in Sweden, the most CO2 comes from asfalt and turf. 25% of all turf lacks water in the soil, and emits about the same amount of carbon as all cars in Sweden.

3:35 .... seriously creepy af

What if we just capture them using a giant container/net or smth and then feed them to the poultry birds like chicken etc. 👀

@jikiyoko7192

2 жыл бұрын

ngl thats a smart idea solves world hunger

@charlemagne111027

2 жыл бұрын

@@jikiyoko7192 catching a single swarm of locusts one time definitely isn't going to solve world hunger.

@victor-oh

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't they say they were poisonous in swarm mode?

@jikiyoko7192

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlemagne111027 ok then what about catching all the time everytime we find one of the hotspots. Obviously not gonna solve world hunger but if in 1 swarm theres billions of them it will be able to feed chickens for months

@NirvanaFan5000

2 жыл бұрын

problem is that you'd need HUGE nets, like kilometers long, and a way to hold/control it. that said, chicken and duck armies are already being used to help stop them, which is pretty cool.

Just flood the environment with Invasive species to deal with the locusts, then flood the environment with other species to deal with the previous ones; it'll work itself out.

@myouniverse0613

2 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo like a never ending chain of misery

@andrewbeneche6319

2 жыл бұрын

If you swallow a housefly 😂😂

@IO-hh3gw

2 жыл бұрын

A mistake can never be corrected by another mistake.

@marcell_forchannel3985

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that the Australian way ? I heard they did it with something but it got very bad

@annexamv2776

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcell_forchannel3985 yes now it's mostly desert, lol!

"Forming clouds, their shadow shrouds Louder the tattered wings they sound Descending down Down they come, the swarm of locusts Skies above converge to choke us Feast of souls consume the harvest Young and old, suffer unto the locust"

@jochembraad1760

2 жыл бұрын

Machine Head - Locust for anyone wondering. It's a metal track

@scadz_

2 жыл бұрын

Sick album btw

2:36 For some reason this part made me think that locusts are just the mega evolution of a grasshopper

Need to bio-engineer a bug that eats swarms of locusts and then after they're done eating, they eat themselves.

@ElBandito

2 жыл бұрын

Except when the bug mutates and eat all our honeybees.

@NirvanaFan5000

2 жыл бұрын

interestingly, we already have one: Locusts! they want to stay close, but if they get too close, they eat eachother... My idea is to spray swarms or between crops with an agriculture-friendly sticky substance, like molasses or hagfish slime. it'll slow down their movement enough that they can start to eat eachother, letting us turn the problem (voracious appetite) into part of the solution.

@danielstory2761

2 жыл бұрын

@@NirvanaFan5000 nah there's a better idea, locust kebabs. Put up an industrial size smell-attracting locust catcher. Periodically fill the chamber with boiled water that kills the million in the room. Adjuectent factory cleans them off, rolls them flour, coriander seeds, garlic and chilli powder and then instantly freezes them after deep frying them. Cover it in chocolate and Americans will consume your entire supply.

This episode is biblical

@saind4170

2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing Godley about this bs channel but to sow discourse!

@ZOCCOK

2 жыл бұрын

@@saind4170 stop this blasphemy! I, inquistor Mordus Corniche of the imperium of man commands you to stop spreading this blasphemy at this instant or to suffer wrath of the Emperor!

@saind4170

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZOCCOK you name on tube is blasphemy. More ungodly fork tongue bs. Your words are hollow unless in satire, well then cheers...

this channel must be appreciated,contents are such enjoyable and improving my vocabulary.İ have been learned considerable counts of new words thanks to KZread channels like this.

Locusts: eat all the food People: *pull out uno reverse card with malicious intent and also cooking oil*

separate message from another - I will always remember my librarian teacher showing, what was at the time, "The latest from National Geographic's" tape (possibility the "first of its kind DVD's") about "Locust Swarms" and how the swarms are hurting crops and the rest of the jazz. That was in 1993 or so. I think we are fine. I could be wrong, but until then, I think we will survive just fine.

ready your flame thrower bois, we're going bug tornado hunting.

@Mr-Ad-196

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget our melee weapon.......the electric fly swatter except we need to upgrade it with more voltage and bigger size.

@brawmankerlexterminateurde860

2 жыл бұрын

A hunter must hunt even if it's not a dream but yeah I will join in

@15743_Hertz

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if that would create a fire tornado?

I like how humans show a uno reverse card and start eating them

"only goals are to : eat , breed and move on" Soooo, like humans?

You can eat locusts, they are very delicious, and have ALOTS OF Proteins, specially because of thier diet too and most of them exists in poor countries where there are no food. You can feed them locusts.

@nosuchthing8

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, but people's crops are ruined

@enlongjones2394

2 жыл бұрын

@@nosuchthing8 I would assume that harvesting locusts would do something to bring the overall population down, leading to fewer locusts and swarms thereof?

@mohammadzafar8193

2 жыл бұрын

@@nosuchthing8 the crops are eaten by locust so eat the locust and it's nutritional value is much higher than that of wheat 🌾 rice 🍚 and corn 🌽 which only contains carbs and some other nutrients in very small quantity

@brawmankerlexterminateurde860

2 жыл бұрын

That won't do nothing The locust will still continue live on and be invasive like every life form on the earth

@raisofahri5797

2 жыл бұрын

You know we use insecticide to combat them so eating it is really not good idea

This video really bugs me! 😏

My grandpa cooks locusts during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. I had a chance to eat some when I was a kid in the '80s and quite tasty, I may dare say.

Why I feel so relatable for the first few second, the only difference is that I’m a lonely college student

So if the locust run into a field of different plants it will slow/stop them? Ok that doesn't make sense. The video said we have a field of the same produce and if we would have different produce in the same field that would help with the locust? That makes no sense. Oh no a pumpkin AND a squash what will we do? Maybe eat both at full speed? 🙄

@RossMalagarie

2 жыл бұрын

@ansh wadhawan ok thanks

Zombies in movies should take notes from locust plagues, it would make them much more terrifying.

Thank you forfunny and interesting video. Best wishes and great respect to the entomologists!

TED-ED can you do a History On Trial of Margaret Thatcher.

In India I saw them as a small cloud a few months back.

I love this animation

It's so destructive yet fascinating. Like if chickens would become their meat eating cousins and go into a swarm rampage.

@ZevVeli

2 жыл бұрын

Chickens are already meat eaters. The school I used to work at had chickens and they had to isolate one of them because she got injured and the rest of the flock kept trying to eat her.

In the Holy Bible there is a part that says that before Christ's return there will be a big locust invasion and a lot of people will suffer but death will avoid them.

"Humans need to cut carbon emissions, rethink our agriculture, and generally reconsider our own ravenous appetites." Are locust plagues unstoppable? Yes, yes they are

not the yt algorithm recommending this to me 1 min after it was posted

This animation is built different no cap

Anyone who's read the bone series: "OH dear god"

@bingeeater6430

2 жыл бұрын

May I know the name of the first book?

@sureindubitably3771

2 жыл бұрын

And Exodus, don't forget about Exodus

@hohuncho2341

2 жыл бұрын

@@bingeeater6430 BONE into the valley I think, it's pretty old

Guess this is the right time to make a video on TMJ..or TMD👍

I did not know that locust change color. But then again, it is a very good warning sign. Not because they are toxic, but because they are mad.

TED-ED can you do a History On Trial of George Custard.

Imagine chilling and seeing a plague of locust cross the ocean

Catch as many as you can and fries it, thats one good locust 👍

The experience of the US with locusts says that the effective strategy to deal with locusts is not with whatever is proposed in the end of this video, instead Americans (unknowingly) destroyed locusts breeding grounds by plowed it all over their country to setup farms. Apparently, the machinary they used gouged the earth deep enough to expose locusts eggs to predators.

As someone with a huge phobia of grasshoppers, this seems like a nightmare 😬 Thank God I live near the Amazon basin 😥

i hope this channel makes a video about 4d i am waiting for that since many years

We should just eat the locust. Fry them, put them in a taco with aguacate, lots of salsa picante and limón. 🦗🌮🥑🍋👌🏼😋

The industry should step in and turn them into food or at least protein powder for domestic animals.

@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep

2 жыл бұрын

Ok so you catch them? They need to be processed extremely fast or they rot. It's not practical.

@PhoenlxA

2 жыл бұрын

@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep if we start to use them as a ressource, they will gain a pricetag. then there will be enough people collecting them and even people farming them for constant supply. practical or not depens on the technology. without that nothing is easy. that is why I am calling for the industry, because they have the access and developement for such technology

you eat the bugs, i'll just keep eating what i eat.

So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.’” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh. Exodus 10:3‭-‬6 ESV

can you eat this kind of locust? considering the changes in diet they might contain toxic levels of alcaloids as the video said.

@gochadc

2 жыл бұрын

Now that I think about it, it could be dangerous because of the chemical insecticides they might have.

Yep

@neetaspirant7044

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations for coming so fast

@Piettheo

2 жыл бұрын

@@neetaspirant7044 facts

We had these in india...Ah these tiny insects can be really troubling

It's high quality!

I once drove through a small swarm in saudi arabia and let me tell u it was not a good experience

@WithDaBoiz

2 жыл бұрын

There hasn't been one for two years if memory serves

Thanks for the video.

The opeing quote speaks so much about the whats happening in covid waves

I had seen this but it wasnt a lot and crows were having a feast lol

The writing is exquisite

As always, amazing with your animations

Locusts are meat flying, stick traps and grinders, and you got free ground locusts..

The quote "Kill it with fire before it lays eggs" comes to mind...

@pierrecurie

2 жыл бұрын

EXTERMINATUS

@adriandapat1206

2 жыл бұрын

@@pierrecurie The God-Emperor Protects...

That is something I've been asking for years: can't we just harvest the locusts for protein?

I said: "I hate locusts. Why am I watching this?" and proceeded to click and watch anyway

I freaking love TEDEd. I especially appreciate the detailed explanations with the rather talented artists who come together to make such an interesting teach. Thanks guys 🙏🏼👍🏼🎉😎

Corona is so devastating. Locusts: hold my feelers

@sureindubitably3771

2 жыл бұрын

Rats: back at cha'

In the 30s the US tested fighting a comparably massive swarm of grasshoppers with flamethrowers (which didn't work) and explosives (which didn't work and also why).

My ears really liked these sound effects. 🎧

I’m from the affected area by locusts! When they attack, it looks like Hollywood movie! And a nightmare for farmers. Only thing we could do to get rid of them was thumping drums, and making large noise to get rid of them. They are devils especially when they attack in dry season.

@itismethatguy

2 жыл бұрын

Same but they dont come to Karachi that often, ive seen them outside the area

For school, I have to think of why we should not be mad at locusts. That will be hard

In 1916 there was a swarm of locusts in lebanon which led (with other things) to a famine

The fact that this video wasn't 2 minutes long with the consensus that we should eat the bugs eating the plants we eat, makes me confident in my niche in the future.

we really gonna find that magical egyptian flute to control this threat

I wonder if there’s gonna be a second emu war type thingy. About a thousand goverment troops equipped with flamethrowers, hazard suits, and pressurised suits, and a huge tank of fuel for the flamethrower, and they would fight off one swarm in Saudi Arabia.

Nice video.

Hey Ted lv from uganda

I am wondering who research on such things.. wonderful..

“Speaking of appetites, why don't we just eat the locusts?” um how about no?

@yellowstarproductions6743

2 жыл бұрын

5:27

@n.g.s1mple29

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you dont have a say in this.

@PhoenixRiseinFlame

2 жыл бұрын

John the Baptist has entered the chat

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Never underestimate humans ability to kill stuff we often kill off entire species without even trying to. North America used to have enormous Locust like swarms of pigeons, so big in the fact that according to accounts they literally blocked out the Sun. That issue was solved by handing out recipes and now the passenger pigeons are extinct, so that eating them strategy does have a proven track record

Awesome video

they are actually quite tasty, its literally taste like shrimp, with a bit of tang, which suit my taste , to bad a steady supply of fried locus is not easy to come by where i lived, or else i probably eat it everyday

How does every video eventually turn into a lecture about climate change and/or human consumption?

Ayeee more pog knowledge from ted ed!

good narration

I think it was 2019? but there was an immense swarm of locusts that swept through Las Vegas, Nevada. It was horrifying x_x

Factual

I'm going to have a hard time sleeping knowing that they can cross the ocean.

@Jorge_Jones

2 жыл бұрын

Just make yourself a mosquito net, out of steel!