2006-12-06 05:37:02 · 9 answers · asked by Tara P 1 in Environment
Some fish can burrow into the mud and hibernate. Or there could have been fish eggs in the mud, which get reactivated when the water comes back, and hatch into fish. Nature allows many life forms to go dormant when conditions are unfavorable, and then "return to life" when conditions go back to normal.
2006-12-06 05:38:46 · answer #1 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it is a matter of species, environment, water sources and time.
Some fish are quite able to entomb themselves in the silt and estivate (ESTIVATION is going into a sleep-like state during times of extreme heat or drought, unlike HIBERNATION which is during winter-caused famine conditions). However; this doesn't need to be the case in all situations.
When it rains, if the pond in question get any run-off from another larger body of water, then you are likely getting fish run-off too, including full grown, fry, and eggs. This will replenish fish population quickly.
If there are any culverts or embodiments (assuming like most lakes and ponds there is a water inlet and outlet) fish will congregate (short-term) and then redisburse when water levels rise.
Long term or isolated pond. Any water-fowl swimming in a body of water can and will eventually transfer viable eggs and even fry from another body of water to the new body. Thus, given enough time, you will find minnows, tadpoles and other "lake" life in a puddle if it is able to exist long enough.
2006-12-06 05:49:09 · answer #2 · answered by silverback487 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you have fish flow from upstream into the pond, if you are getting runoff you are also getting aquatic life from other sources upstream. There are species of fish that actually "hibernate" in the mud and dont come out till the conditions are right for survival. Its not actually hibernation its called estivation. Hibernation is caused by the onset of winter. Crayfish or crawdads actually bury themselves in the soil, they prefer sand and if you look under rocks you can find them as the water recedes. Sometimes fish can group in culverts or small puddles and then disburse when water levels rise. These small areas are normally located by an outlet or inlet.
Waterfowl may bring in fish eggs that are attached to their feathers or feet. The last possible reason is people restocked the pond.
2006-12-06 05:47:50 · answer #3 · answered by jmcv02 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats crawfish that seem to come from nowhere when it rains..
I think the pond might have an underground spring source and the tiny fish swim in from that source once the pond refills..
(also living in Texas while I was little, sometimes after a huge rain, we saw tiny snails and itsy bitsy fish all over the sidewalks) go figure?... maybe they came with the rain..
2006-12-06 05:40:10 · answer #4 · answered by Mintee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a wonderful question. Let me explain...there is this magical being called the fish fairy. He goes around filling empty lakes and ponds with fish.
2006-12-06 05:39:00 · answer #5 · answered by Smiles 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The lake has been re stocked via guy, not nature i'm afraid, this assists in protecting a sturdy healthful fish inventory. An occasion of the place this grow to be at the instant achieved grow to be in Canada, i overlook the place however the dropped 1000's of 21/2 inch rainbow trout right into many of the super lakes via helicopter(they don't generally try this its because of the fact there is not any roads to those distant lakes) because of the fact the fish shares have been very low.
2016-12-13 03:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by boynton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's raining fish!
2006-12-06 05:38:35 · answer #7 · answered by Lauren728 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
fish swim with the current of water from another tributary into dry basin
2006-12-06 05:40:51 · answer #8 · answered by icegypsy1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
impossible, can't happen. someone had to stock that pond with fish...
2006-12-06 05:39:26 · answer #9 · answered by mmh 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋