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Man scooping up handfuls of mosquitoes is the stuff of nightmares

That's not sand.
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Brian Koerber
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Man scooping up handfuls of mosquitoes is the stuff of nightmares
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One mosquito inside your home is enough to drive anyone insane, never mind a handful.

A clip filmed in the coastal town of Taganrog, Russia, on Monday shows a man scooping up what appears to be countless mosquitoes on a beach. At first, it appears as if the man is moving around sand, but when the camera gets closer, it's clear that the handfuls are moving.

The city, which lies on the north shore of the Sea of Azov is no stranger to mosquito swarms. There are a number of clips that have been released online in the last few years which show tornado-like swarms of mosquitoes.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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