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| Biblical plague of dragonflies swarms Rhode Island beach in eerie horror movie scenes |
| 2024-07-30 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A massive swarm of dragonflies descended on a Rhode Island beach forcing terrified beachgoers to take cover as their day in the sun became something reminiscent of biblical plague. Beachgoers were heard screaming as a cloud of insects swarmed Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly on Saturday afternoon. Video shows how a swarm of dragonflies buzzed across the beach and past the dozens of scared visitors, whipping over towels, through umbrellas and past beachgoers' bodies. Children were heard screaming as they swatted away at the bugs with shovels and sand toes. Some sunbathers packed up their things and left, while others hunkered down and took shelter in their car. Witnesses recalled how other visitors seemingly embraced the chaotic 'invasion'. They stood and watched as the bugs flew past, with some even 'trying to catch them'. Dombrowski, who claims the massive swarm only lasted about five minutes, added: 'I thought it was beautiful. I was very lucky to experience it.' Dragonfly swarms tend to occur in the summer months when the insects are breeding or after the smaller insects they feed on are kicked into the air by human or weather disturbances, WBUR reported. Individual swarms can include billions of dragonflies and have, in some instances, been so large that they are detected by radar systems. Dragonflies feed on mosquitos and various flies, but can also prey on small mammals like hummingbirds. Not likely Although a massive swarm can appear scary, experts say dragonflies pose no threat to humans. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 Lucky we didn’t get “known to incinerate large crowds of innocent people from the air” |
| Posted by: Ululating Platypus 2024-07-30 19:42 |
| #3 #RaptureWithMe |
| Posted by: mosssomo 2024-07-30 12:20 |
| #2 Journalistic license "Many in the arena of media criticism suggest that open-sourcing of what should remain empirical social science corrodes the integrity of information." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-07-30 08:14 |
| #1 small mammals like hummingbirds Fact checkers? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-07-30 07:52 |