Acharya Prashant addresses an argument in favor of meat-eating, which he finds so absurd he had to read it multiple times. The argument posits that with very few carnivorous animals left in the jungles, if humans do not eat herbivorous animals, the latter's population will explode and they will take over the Earth. The proponent cites the recent locust attack as an example, arguing that since locusts are herbivores, humans must eat them to control their numbers. Acharya Prashant dismisses this as an extremely foolish argument, questioning if the person is educated and if they genuinely believe chewing locusts will stop the swarms. He then provides a scientific explanation for the locust attack, stating that the locusts originate from East Africa and the Middle East. This is due to a phenomenon called the Indian Ocean Dipole, where the western part of the Indian Ocean has become significantly warmer than the eastern part. This temperature difference, which has increased in recent years possibly due to climate change, is the root cause. The warming of the western Indian Ocean has led to unprecedented heavy rainfall in normally barren desert regions like the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa. This has created an environment of water, ponds, and humidity that is highly conducive to locust breeding, causing their population to explode. From there, they migrated eastwards through Iran and Pakistan into India. Acharya Prashant clarifies that the locust problem is not due to a lack of predators, and the notion that humans must eat them is a foolish argument born from being a slave to the tongue's taste. He further explains that the decline of carnivorous animals like lions, tigers, and cheetahs is a direct result of human actions. Humans have cut down forests, destroying their habitats. A single lion or tiger requires a vast territory to survive. These forests are being cleared primarily for agriculture, and he points out that 70% of this agriculture is used to grow feed for the very animals humans raise for meat. Therefore, the population of large carnivores is decreasing because humans want to eat the meat of buffaloes, goats, pigs, and cows. He concludes that the person making the argument fails to grasp this fundamental connection.