Monday, October 24, 2011

Caterpillars convoy Feather Cross Road

136 caterpillar makes a single line and stretched over the road, connected by a thin silk thread which set their paths. And their safety is assured by a motorist, who stopped for 20 minutes waiting for the convoy crossed the finish caterpillars.

Spectacle was successfully captured by the camera Jamie Rooney British tourists, who visit the famous Kruger National Park in South Africa. Jamie, from High Wycombe, Bucks, was in the Jeep full of tourists when their driver slammed the brakes just a few inches of running convoy caterpillar crawl it.

Jamie, 38, who works in sales site, said: "This is an incredible sight. We were driving in the Kruger National Park for a safari, when suddenly the driver screamed and slammed on the brakes-nya.Dia managed to stop just in time in front of the convoy of this caterpillar, which stretches across the street. "

Conservation is a big deal in South Africa that its contents if there is life on the road you have to wait patiently until they passed safely across. "We came out to take a closer look as much as 136 caterpillars convoy, all moving together across the tracks."

"They follow a very thin silk threads on the ground and it took about 20 minutes to get across the road safely." "We've never seen it before, but he heard about it and explained that they migrate into the bush bush where they will disperse. "

It's like a mass migration of large animals such as reindeer, but at different scales and slower. When they reached the woods, they turn into pupa and butterfly. "It's a rare sight, this is an absolute joy to watch and great experience to get down close and look at them. "

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