March 12, 2023 11:58 Last updated: 12:15
The US “New York Post” reported on the 10th that “China has encountered a biological disaster”, based on a social media video. In the video, there are “little bugs” everywhere, and people have to use umbrellas to “shelter”. This report shocked many American netizens, and some even directly called “the end is coming”, but there are also some people who question the authenticity of the report.
Internal media inquiries found that related videos were distributed on the Internet in China at the end of last month, and the “biological disaster” that made the “New York Post” fuss was nothing but very common poplar flowers in China.
Screenshot from the New York Post report.
The New York Post wrote in a report titled “China Hit by ‘Rain of Worms’, Residents Asked to Bring Umbrella Outside the Plane”: “After what looked like a ‘rain of worms’ ‘, citizens in China’s Liaoning Province were told to seek refuge. “
“A viral video shows the area seemingly inundated with little worms, and they’re splatting everywhere,” the report reads, citing a video that showed some bug-like things on all over the car and on the ground. the car also shows that it belongs to Liaoning Province, China. When people walk on the street, they still hold umbrellas.
The New York Post described the situation in the video as a “slimy biological disaster” and cited the scientific website “Mother Nature Network” (Mother Nature Network) as explaining that such events usually occur after a storm, and there will be winds strong ones Sweeping flies for several kilometers, and then after the wind weakened, a “rain of flies” was formed.
The report also mentioned that a similar strange incident happened in Florida last December, when iguanas also fell from trees like rain.
Meteorologists explained at the time that the sudden drop in temperature would stun the small animals, freeze their arms and drop them from the trees to the ground. However, these animals do not necessarily die, and as the temperature rises, most of them can wake up.
Although the “bug rain” disaster was widely reported, the “New York Post” did not say it was dead, saying that there is another possibility that these “little bugs” are poplar flowers, which resemble worms
The “New York Post” reposted this article on Twitter, which attracted the attention of many netizens, and some American media also reposted it to follow up.
Some people scoffed that it was “a bug in the ‘Matrix’ that runs the world,” while others said that “the end is coming.” In addition, some people used this report to slander and attack China.
Of course, some people doubted the authenticity of the report, saying that those bug-like things “looked like fluff that fell from oak trees in the spring.”
Some Chinese netizens bluntly said that this is “fake news” and that the so-called “bugs” are poplar flower spikes.
The domestic media “Observer Network” found that the relevant video was indeed spread on China’s short video platform at the end of last month, which attracted the attention of Chinese netizens. The official account of Douyin Zhejiang “Dongyang Daily” also released this video on March 1, with the caption: “The poplar flowers are all over the roof of the car. From a distance, it looks like bugs that make skin the head tingle.” Many netizens also said that there are indeed people who have been caught Scared, “goosebumps are up.”
According to the data, poplar flowers are male inflorescences of Populus tomentosa, Populus canada, or several plants of the same genus. Populus tomentosa is distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Henan and other places in China.
Regarding the US media’s slanderous reports about China, Chinese netizens said: “What you see is completely a reflection of your heart, I’m dying of laughter.” of fear”.
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