From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   >   
   > I just performed an exhaustive 30 second Google   
   > search and could not find a single cite claiming   
   > to test a hypothesis for fish/frog transport to   
   > isolated lakes.   
   >   
   > One came close, claiming to have scientifically   
   > confirm that fish eggs could stick to the feet   
   > or feathers of birds, such as ducks. But none   
   > seem to have captured birds in the wild and   
   > confirmed such a thing in nature.   
   >   
   > I personally don't think it's magic or God, btw.   
   >   
   > "There's two kinds of mysteries," I often argue.   
   > "We don't know how this could happen," is the   
   > first kind, "We don't know how, amongst the   
   > solutions proposed, this happened" is the second   
   > kind. To me, the fish appearing in pongs -- EVEN   
   > ARTIFICIAL PONDS -- is an example of the latter   
   > type of mystery.   
      
   An AI thing just told me that the point you made about   
   birds is one cause. Another are flood events, as I   
   mentioned previously. But another possibility that   
   I had not considered are underground waterways, with   
   the underground water table providing water to an   
   isolated lake or pond -- and fish arriving in the   
   lake or pond through the underground water table.   
      
   And, of course, there are some lakes and ponds   
   that are artificially stocked with fish by game   
   and wildlife officials.   
      
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