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Madagascar Unleashes Poisoned Rain to Break Locust Plague
naharnet.com ^
| May 19, 2014
| Naharnet Newsdesk
Posted on 05/19/2014 1:45:56 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The choppers swoop in, dumping insecticide over a plague-stricken village in Madagascar's stunning central highlands.
"The goal is to break the invasion," explains Tsitohaina Andriamaroahina, head of a U.N. mission to end a locust plague threatening the crops of 13 million farmers on this island nation.
n their countless billions the insatiable hordes cloud the skies as they spread across two thirds of Madagascar, affecting an area roughly the size of Germany or Japan.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: locusts; lubilosa; madagascar; metarhizium
To: Berlin_Freeper
The team moves quickly -- they can only spray at dawn, when the locusts are immobile on the ground, their wings weighed down by the morning dew. The pesticide only affects insects, according to the mission, neutralising their nervous system. Villagers then collect the grasshoppers and feed them to their pigs.What could go wrong.
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posted on
05/19/2014 1:49:35 AM PDT
by
BBell
(The Blue Dog is Stupid)
To: Berlin_Freeper
A plan is a plan no matter what the consequences might be. I can’t imagine any weakness with this one. I got nothing. :)
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:09:52 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
To: BBell
It’s not like insects are an integral part of the food chain...
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:23:11 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
We used to have locusts too, in this country. Then we plowed up the places where they sheltered underground, and planted crops. That eliminated the locusts.
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:40:06 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
To: EEGator
And I’m sure the insecticide will only kill the locusts and no other insects.
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:52:42 AM PDT
by
glyptol
To: BBell
It’s global warming “stupid”.
Head ache? Global Warming.
Dogs barking? Global Warming.
Etc..
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posted on
05/19/2014 3:54:50 AM PDT
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
To: BBell
It’s a nerve agent. I’ve put a puny bit on my tongue once (I do things like that, carefully). It numbed the spot.
The idea that it won’t poison the hogs is a bit much for me.
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posted on
05/19/2014 4:06:14 AM PDT
by
BobL
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: Berlin_Freeper
Some interesting information regarding a biological alternative to the chemical control of locusts utilizing the
Metarhizium fungus.
LUBILOSA
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posted on
05/19/2014 4:58:59 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Berlin_Freeper
FWIW, aerial spraying to combat disease-spreading insects has been done in SE MA among other places for years.
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posted on
05/19/2014 5:02:22 AM PDT
by
grania
To: Berlin_Freeper
DDT actually works...if you have the courage to use it.
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posted on
05/19/2014 5:08:33 AM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: BBell
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posted on
05/19/2014 5:54:24 AM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: ken5050
Pig fly???
Well, maybe if they eat enough grasshoppers...
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posted on
05/19/2014 6:03:54 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
I guess there are no crops tha require insects for pollinization on the island.
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