Whooshh Innovations' "fish gun" shoots salmon over obstacles small and tall

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If you live in an area where salmon spawn, then summer treats you to a free nature drama as the fish battle against currents, fight through rapids, struggle up tiny streams, and leap up waterfalls to return to the calm pools where they were born. Unfortunately, however intrepid the odd salmon is, they weren't built to take on a 300-ft tall hydroelectric dam. That's why Whooshh Innovations has developed a system that sucks the fish up through a plastic tube and shoots them over obstacles low and tall like so many piscatorial projectiles. .. Continue Reading Whooshh Innovations' "fish gun" shoots salmon over obstacles small and tall

Section: Environment

Tags: Conservation, Environment, Fish, Transport

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