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2 million 75,000

Red-billed quelea Garter snakes

African red-billed quelea flock in huge numbers Rural Canada is home to thousands of
to form unstoppable swarms. The birds target garter snakes, which form large, knotted
food crops, causing devastation for farmers. breeding swarms during mating season.

Are locusts the

only swarmers?

Locusts are famous for their plague-like swarms,

but animals such as mice and birds also mass

together in huge groups to migrate, breed, or feed.

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