During the 1988 desertlocust plague, swarms crossed the Atlantic from Mauritania to the Caribbean, flying 5 000 kilometres in 10 days.
在1988年的沙漠蝗灾中，蝗群从毛里塔尼亚穿越大西洋来到加勒比，10天之内飞行了5000公里。
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Since the dawn of agriculture more than 10 000 years ago mankind has had to deal with a resourceful and fearless enemy, Schistocerca gregaria, the desertlocust.