A video has been circulating on the Internet for several days showing several cars parked on the edge of a road covered in what some have classified as “worms”. The images were apparently captured in a Chinese town and have caused various media outlets in various countries to talk about a “rain of worms”, which supposedly has forced the population to go out with umbrellas to avoid them.
As expected, the recording has not gone unnoticed and has gone viral. And in addition to causing shock among some, it has also raised doubts about its veracity and discussions about what is actually observed about the vehicles.
The Rio Times shared this Wednesday the video, assuring that a “rain of worms flooded Beijing” and that the “animals” had covered streets and vehicles. However, a Chinese communicator from the capital who commented on the post on Friday, cataloging it of false. At the same time, several netizens pointed out that, judging by the license plates, the material could have been recorded in the coastal province of Liaoning, northeast of the country.
The New Post agrees that they are insects and even appointment to a scientific journal, which suggests that the worms would have been blown away by strong winds, and that this type of phenomenon usually happens after storms. The British newspaper The Daily Star even it states that the residents of Beijing “They were advised to leave their houses with umbrellas”.
What is it really about?
Even though so far China has not offered an official explanation. Regarding the curious images, a group of users of social networks, some from the Asian country, explain that it is most likely that it is dried poplar flowers and what is something very common mainly in the northern regions.
After heavy rains, the drooping catkins (racemose inflorescences) of these trees become excessively wet and take on a sticky texture, similar to that of small elongated annelids or a dead caterpillar.
“Every year in March the poplars begin to drop their spikes, their buds fall from the trees, don’t make a fuss!“, “it is a normal phenomenon”, commented some people.
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