The Argentine skies witnessed something really weird as scores of mosquitoes swarmed together to form a 'tornado'-like view.
The clip of the bizarre incident has gone viral online; it was captured by a motorist who was on Route 74 in the country looking at the tornado that the cars were driving towards.
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Initially, it seemed like a normal yet scary twister that they could not escape. However, as they approached it, they realised that it was mosquitoes that were causing it.?
Posted on Twitter, the man who captured it is heard saying "It's getting bigger and bigger, I've never seen anything like this in my life."?
Watch the video here.?
According to news.com.au, Argentina's capital Buenos Aires witnessed heavy rains recently that resulted in?the onslaught of mosquitoes not only in the city but in the surrounding areas as well.?
The report further said that a researcher at the Centre for Parasitological and Vector Studies named Juan Jose Garcia said, "Heavy rains caused flooding resulting in large pools of stagnant water where female mosquitoes lay their eggs."
Tornadoes can cause significant destruction to humans and property. However, mosquito tornados are considered harmless by Garcia even though it seemed extremely unpleasant on the face.?
Although, such a twister can cause a lot of problems in farms around the country as they are capable of troubling the farmers at work and ruin all their hard work.
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He added that this will stop within 15 days as these insects will likely die in that span of time.