Utah wildlife departments drop fish into lakes from airplanes

The Kid Should See This:

This low-flying plane isn’t just taking a scenic ride. It’s about to stock the lake it’s flying over with up to 1,000 native fish… by dropping them from the sky. It’s a strategy that’s been used since 1956, a more efficient option than hiking by foot to the lakes with fish in large buckets.

According to Utah’s Department of Natural Resources, via Pattern, more than 95% of the fish survive the drop. Hallows explains, “They kind of flutter down, so they don’t impact very hard. They flutter with the water and they do really well.”

This is one of those things where your initial reaction is, “WTF? That can’t be a good thing!”