Farmers in Italy’s northeastern Po Delta region are battling an unusual pest: flamingos. These birds have been invading rice paddies and damaging crops while searching for food like mollusks and insects. (AP Video: Niccolò Lupone)
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Flamingos are stirring up trouble and ravaging rice for risotto in Italy’s northeast

Farmers in Italy’s northeastern Po Delta region are battling an unusual pest: flamingos. These birds have been invading rice paddies and damaging crops while searching for food like mollusks and insects. (AP Video: Niccolò Lupone)
 
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