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7 funniest responses to China sending an army of ducks to fight a swarm of locusts

We don’t mean to worry anyone, but there have been raging fires, torrential floods, a globally spreading disease, and now – a plague of locusts. If some guy turns up with an ark and starts gathering animals, it might be time to start praying.

Joking aside, the swarm of locusts, the largest seen for 25 years, has been devastating crops in parts of Africa and Pakistan, as well as disrupting flights.

However, China has come up with a solution that doesn’t involve pesticides – 100,000 ducks.

The unconventional approach got Twitter in a flap, with these posts standing out from the crowd.

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Unsurprisingly, writer Sarah Jaffe interpreted the omens.

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