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Are locust plagues unstoppable?

Jeffrey A. Lockwood · TED

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About

A ravenous swarm stretches as far as the eye can see. It has no leader or strategic plan; its only goals are to eat, breed, and move on. These are desert locusts— infamous for their capacity for destruction. But most of the time desert locusts are no more dangerous than grasshoppers. So what does it take to turn these harmless insects into a crop-consuming plague? Jeffrey A. Lockwood investigates. [Directed by Franz Palomares, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu].

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Year
2021
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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