Today's Globe and Mail has the headline of a truck overturn accident last week. It dumped over 100,000 live salmon onto the ground. Just over 3/4 of them flipped their way into a nearby stream to survive and escape. This was at Lookingglass Creek, in Oregon. They were King Salmon raised in a hatchery that were being transported in Oregon to restock rivers Given Salmon return to their creeks to spawn, there will be additional adults returning there in the future. Will this really feel like home for them?
Remember the 5 million bees that fell off a truck near Toronto. That was last year. The truck was using an open trailer to transport the crates and they slid onto the highway at Guelph Line and Dundas Street. A few crates were left behind for the bees they were unable to catch. The hope was they would "naturally" return and could be collected later. The advice to motorists: don't roll your windows down.
Most animal stories involve attacks and often human deaths. That's because they are relatively rare, so get reported. But they are creepy to me. We'll stick with the fish and bees today.
Sakura blossom season is at its height in Japan. Today's picture is Montmorency cherries in Niagara orchards in the summer.
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