Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 570 The locusts cause endless trouble!
Even with their rough skin and thick flesh, they cannot stand being harassed by thousands of locusts around them!
Herbivorous animals such as gazelles, wildebeests, and zebras also gathered together and shivered. Even insidious predators like hyenas hid honestly and only came out when necessary. hunting.

Even the guinea fowls and shelducks that Wang Lu had high hopes for were defeated. At first, these poultry were able to hunt the desert locusts everywhere, but by the next day, these chickens and ducks did not know that they were full. Or something, just hide in the chicken coop and never come out...
After walking around for a while, Wang Lu was not happy at all. Faced with this level of locust plague, he had no choice at all.

Through the news, he also officially learned about the scale of this locust plague. The number of these locust swarms has reached a level that needs to be calculated in tens of billions...
After returning from the grassland, Parker reluctantly reported to Wang Lu that the air intake grilles of several pickup trucks were completely blocked by the locusts that hit them, and they must be maintained. If they continue to drive, If it takes a while, I'm afraid the engine will be damaged...
On the contrary, some of the migratory birds that inhabited the pasture showed fighting prowess that surprised Wang Lu.

Some large migratory birds naturally look down on food such as locusts, but some smaller birds that feed on insects themselves show bravery in this situation.

Among them, the African starlings are even more exaggerated. According to Parker, an adult African starling can eat more than 150 locusts in a day.

The number of African starlings living in the pasture is probably more than tens of thousands, which means that millions of locusts can be eliminated in one day.

Although this ratio is astonishing, it is too large to support the tens of billions of locusts. The role played by the African starling is still a drop in the bucket for the entire locust plague.

If you want to rely on these African starlings to eat all the locusts, you will probably need hundreds of millions of them. By then, the locust plague will be gone, and Wang Lu should consider the bird disaster...

After thoroughly recognizing the reality, Wang Lu also gave up.

Except for letting the veterans make sure that the protective netting on the crop fields was not crushed, Wang Lu basically stayed in his villa during the rest of the time, never leaving the door or taking a step outside, completely becoming a homebody.

The entire pasture is left to these locust scourges.

If there is any seed, eat up the entire pasture!

Anyway, the vegetable fields, crop fields, as well as the saffron and wild grapes grown in the mountains have all taken corresponding protective measures. Even the wild coffee forests are covered with protective nets.

Of course, Wang Lu still made some symbolic resistance to show his irreconcilable attitude towards these locusts. For example, he added an extra dish to the menu of the ranch these days, fried grasshoppers!
After soaking this stuff in water, wrap it in egg liquid, flour or something, fry it in a pan, and it will give you a crunch when you bite it. It tastes pretty good, and a simple evaluation would make the kid next door want to cry!
The locust plague lasted for four days, which was shorter than expected. After all, the ranch and the adjacent Serengeti National Park could only provide the locusts with endless pasture.

Compared with those food crops, these pastures are much less attractive.

So starting from the early morning of the fourth day, large numbers of desert locusts began to take off from the grass nests in the pasture and continue to move forward in the direction of the airflow.

By noon, the number of locusts in the entire living area had begun to drop to the level of the first day!
This also made Wang Lu feel a little relieved!These desert locusts come and go quickly. After another sleep and wake up, the number of locusts in the pasture has dropped to a very low level!
At least Wang Lu no longer needs to wear a helmet when going out, and there is no need to tie up his cuffs and trousers.

Although locusts still pop out of the grass nests from time to time, they are no longer a big problem!

After passing through the local area, these desert locusts will move all the way to some countries in Asia, such as Asange and several surrounding countries.

It is said that these countries are already on standby, and even military aircraft have been deployed to spray pesticides. After all, for those economically underdeveloped countries, once the agriculture suffers a devastating blow from these locusts, the problem will be too serious. , is likely to be related to the survival of a large number of people.

But fortunately, according to Wang Lu's understanding, these locusts should not affect the domestic side.

After all, after they fly into Asange's land, they will be blocked by the Himalayas if they want to continue moving forward. Whether it is geography or climate, they will become obstacles to their continued progress. Perhaps that is their final destination.

However, the impact left by these locusts is very real. There are countless losses in more than a dozen countries and regions along the way, and natural disasters are nothing more than that.

The same goes for the pastures. If these bald patches of grass want to return to their former lush appearance, I'm afraid they have to wait until the next rainy season.

We dare not dismantle the protective nets on the crop fields and vegetable fields for the time being. Only when these locusts completely pass through the area will the crisis be truly resolved.

The losses on the sisal field were not big. After all, sisal has rough skin and thick flesh, which is beyond the ability of these locusts to eat. Although some sisal has been eaten by some tough-headed desert locusts, it is not a problem. serious.

Even if you can rely on the self-healing ability of these sisals, you can recover. At most, you can just replant some, and the workload is not big.

The helium field development site was restarted just when the number of locusts began to decline!

After all, after the number of these locusts dropped, their impact on people was very limited, because the locust plague caused the project to be suspended for three or four days. The person in charge of the Petrochemical Group and the Construction Aid Group even specifically approached Wang Lu and said that they would definitely Speed ​​up the construction to ensure that normal construction progress is not delayed!
Wang Lu also expressed his understanding very considerately. After all, there is really nothing that can be done about a natural disaster like a locust plague...

After the desert locusts left, Parker said to Wang Lu with a serious face:
"Boss, although the desert locusts have left this time, our pasture may be facing a more serious disaster! The locust plague is not over when these locusts leave!"

Hearing this, Wang Lu was a little puzzled, but Parker quickly made Wang Lu see how harmful these locusts were with his actual actions...
(End of this chapter)