Locusts!

So out of nowhere, today, I was thinking about LOCUSTS. I actually think about locusts more frequently than you'd think. It's totally amazing that these things still cause mass famine on a regular basis in Africa. They're actually a serious problem.

So anyway, I've read about scientists working tirelessly to figure out just what turns their swarming behavior on (most of the time they're just grasshoppers, but when their population density gets to a certain threshold, they CHANGE COLOR and turn into SWARMING EATING MACHINES (I'm kind of obsessed with animals in swarms. Ever since I was a kid (I think this is why I like Deleuze and Guattari). Just say it: swaaaaaaaaaaaaarm)). This is pretty awesome, but...

I just realized it would be EVEN COOLER to study what makes them decide where to go once they're swarming. Because then, you could totally figure out how to manipulate them! What if you could insert robotic drones into their midst that emitted pheromones, and STEER them all over the place? This sounds like something that an evil scientist would do in order to take over the world, but you could also use this power for good, by steering them all off into the OCEAN! (Locusts, like mosquitos and other upsetting insects, are among the few species of animal that I like the idea of killing in mass quantities).

It would be just like that part in the New Testament where Jesus diverts hundreds of evil spirits into a HERD OF PIGS, and then the pigs just run straight into the ocean and DROWN!

Seriously guys this is clearly a great idea. ROBOT LOCUSTS. STEERING SWARMS OF REAL LOCUSTS. It's the future.