Monday 20 October 2008

Do Not Mess With Fish 25

And you thought fish were fun, well this trout farmer did not think so!

I'm a fish ... get me trout of here!

CRAFTY brown trout have fled their fish farm – via this “escape tunnel”. The intrepid fish leap 3ft from a breeding pond into a pipe bringing fresh water from a nearby stream.

Then they swim the length of the 8in diameter pipe AGAINST the flow to reach freedom 30ft away. It is thought the farmed fish are following a natural urge to head up fast-flowing streams to spawn. Photographer Dennis Bright, 59, captured the amazing sight at Alresford, Hants. He said: “It’s remarkable. But swimming against the current is instinctive for a trout.”

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