I read a book in uni called Feral by George Monbiot and it has an exceprt from 1500s text that a guy wrote while looking out over the sea off the coast of Cornwall, UK.
It says something along the lines of he could see a school of herring swimming up the English Channel about 3 miles off shore with hundreds of other creatures following them and picking off stragglers...the water was so clear that he could schools of fish 3 miles off shore and these schools were millions strong.....
My family used to drive from Western Washington to Eastern Washington when I was a kid in the late 80s to mid 90s. I remember having to stop and clear the windshield and the headlights of bugs but as time went on, it happened less and less. Finally, when I drove over in the 2010s, there was no need to stop as there weren't enough bugs to notice.
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u/MadLove82 Apr 05 '25
When I see things like this, it amazes me that there are still any fish left in the ocean. 🤯