Posted on 05/21/2025 9:37:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
“Put on this monster costume and get in the water.”
“Will they be able to see my face?”
“No.”
“Deal.”
Sounds like the lake is up to its gills in brown trout.
Very cool. And smart. Probably took some effort to transport live fish in wagons, but they also knew once stocked with fish it would cultivate itself with little need for outside intervention. That gave them an alternative food source that didn’t need to be herded or tilled.
Or pastured per se, or fed. As soon as catching fish was figured out (perhaps by watching a bear or bird do it), humans have probably relied on it at least as much as (other) hunting.
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