Discussion

Albert's swarm

bob1029: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBItRvBEhOs

wyum: I was curious why we don't hear about locust swarms anymore in the USTurns 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.

r721: So, to de-extinct them probably would be too controversial as they were a pest?>The locusts not only ate the grass and valuable crops, but also leather, wood, sheep's wool, and—in extreme cases—even clothes off peoples' backshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_locust#Last_maj...What if a mad scientist would do that? :)