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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain why the gators are in the man-made ponds?  I get that they travel and wander into them, but if it's man-made, then assuming they don't put fish in them, what are they eating that they like to stay there?[/quote]

I believe it is common practice to add fish to man-made ponds to help with bugs and algae.[/quote]

Fish get into ponds without any help whatsoever from humans.

Fish eggs are sticky. When wading birds like herons or waterfowl walk through shallow water where fish (particularly sunfish, bass and various minnow species) lay eggs or build nests on the bottom for their eggs, some of the eggs stick to the bird’s feet, and when the birds fly to other ponds, some of the fish eggs stuck to their feet will come off and then hatch in the “new” pond.

You can dig a pond in the middle of a field, not connected to any other body of water, and within a few years it will have fish it in.

Nature takes care of it. [/quote]

My elderly (African American) great grandmother used to think that fish flew at night, because how else could they appear in puddles and ponds by themselves.  It's funny to me how people back then made up answers to questions that they had no idea about.
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Love that story—thank you for sharing! 🤗[/quote]

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