When I was a small child in the 80s, I visited one of those Death Valley ponds which is the entire habitat for a pupfish species. They were actually pretty amazing. A small piece of foil had fallen into the pond, and they were grabbing it in their mouths, racing from one side of the pond to the other, clearly engaged in some type of play or competition with each other. Kind of mind-blowing to think that this was the whole world for that species. Felt like a sacred place.<p>Sounds like they've had a tough time since then. I hope they make it.
This is not too far from where I live in the US -- I had no idea it existed.<p>I guess I know where I'm taking the kiddos when they next want to go hiking.