Locust Plague Devours 40,000 Tonnes of Vegetation | Earth's Tropical Islands | BBC Earth

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When there is an abundance of crops, flightless locusts have a unique hunting technique: they create a plague-like swarm, which can run a kilometre long, in search for food. However, when they morph into adults and take to the air, they create a phenomena of destruction.

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