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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Somehow it never crossed my mind to wonder how fish are transported over the road. In a tanker truck. Wow.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean...only if the body of water leads to the ocean eventually....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The creak is a tributary of a larger river, so ...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

“Trust me guys. The way to get laid is upstream, but for the survival of the species we need to just let the current take us.”

“Yeah whatever dweeb. Watch me jump this fall.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean better than some chemicals that never go away.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Depending where the water goes, a truckload of dead fish isn’t the greatest for an ecosystem either.

Still better than bleach or something, but possibly not great.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

The 77,000 number appears to be referring to those that made it into the creek alive. The original total on the truck was 102,000