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Yeah, but at least two live fish (a male and female) being dropped into the same remote lake, then finding each other at spawning time seems increasing implausi

Yeah, but at least two live fish (a male and female) being dropped into the same remote lake, then finding each other at spawning time seems increasing implausible. Never say never, but ... Apparently some fish species do have small sticky eggs that can stick to the legs of water fowl, or even (with very small probability) pass through them intact, so this seems much more likely. Maybe a group of ducks feeding in one place then flying off to another?

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ge96 3mo ago
The fish equivalent of https://soundcloud.com/noisykeyboard/last-kauai-oo-extinct https://soundcloud.com/noisykeyboard/last-kauai-oo-extinct or my weekends
lukan 3mo ago
"Yeah, but at least two live fish (a male and female) being dropped into the same remote lake, then finding each other at spawning time seems increasing implausible. Never say never, but ..." It just needs to be one pregnant fish. (or many eggs)
- robbiep 3mo ago
  To the best of my knowledge fish eggs are fertilised outside the body
  - avadodin 3mo ago
    Not all. There are many internal or quasi-internal fertilization oviparous species. And, in sharks at least, ovoviviparous and even placental species
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