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Scientist explained why near Samara there was a snow with "bugs"

Added	Sat, 16/03/2019
Источники	gismeteo.ru
Дата публикации	Fri, 15/03/2019
Версии	Beetles and other insects

Tuesday, March 12, in the small military town of the district fell Syzranskaja unusual snow. Residents captured on video, that on the territory of the military base, the snow was covered with strange animals. People assumed that "bugs" together with precipitation fell from the sky.

The video was accompanied by comments from residents about what this "alien bugs" that have emerged to capture our world, someone complained that it would be better instead of the blue sprats or shrimp.

All dispelled speculation Sergey Sachkov, Professor, national research University Samara. The scientist said that the emergence of animals is understandable, there is no mystery here. To the water formed by the melting of the snow, crawling arthropods living in the soil, they are called spring tails. It could also be "winter gnats" — Lednicky.

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