Monday, February 9, 2009

And I Thought The Pine Beetle Was Bad...

I think you should all check out this link of an article from National Geographic. It is a really big issue, especially in the rural areas where something like this can be so devastating. I haven't actually gone up to see it yet, but I hope I'll get a chance.

Nightmarish Caterpillar Swarm Defies Control In Liberia

3 comments:

Alpha Davies said...

wow, that is a really intense serious problem.

stoph said...

False alarm! This ended up being a classic example of Liberian gossip. Turns out the caterpillars are noisy, but quite edible, and probably won't cause a serious problem for most of the population.They come every year, apperently, just not in these high volumes. I guess sometimes even NationalGeographic gets carried away in all the rumors!

Alpha Davies said...

lol!!!!!