How do fish get into isolated mountain lakes?

2025-01-30

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The various ways new fish get into isolated lakes are a microcosm of the complicated ways that life has spread around the globe.

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- Aerial stocking: The practice of releasing hatchery fish into a natural body of water from airplanes.

- Panspermia: The theory that life on Earth may have come from other parts of the universe.

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Stocking Colorado's Mountain Lakes by Plane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCW3eWPX9Ww

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