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Article: Town of Swallows on Tropic of Cancer
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 22, 1996
CopyrightCopyright 1996 Xinhua English Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Thousands of people are being plagued by mosquitoes, and
persecuted by their nasty bites.
But in China's Mojiang township - which lies on the Tropic of
Cancer - a strange phenomenon has given locals a respite from the
insect invaders.
Up to half a million swallows have decided that Mojiang is the
place to be on a warm summer's day.
And while the acrobatic antics of the swallows amuse townsfolk
they are delighted that their feathered visitors thrive on a diet -
of mosquitoes.
At dusk local folk are entertained to a wonderful sight in the
skies: tens of thousands of swallows are perched on four power lines
extending as long as 600 meters in Mojiang town - altitude of 1,300
meters.
Officials ...