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[Beaker99]

 

[Pasha838]

I have an explanation. The fish in your clip is likely an Asian Carp.
Those fish have invaded our waters here in the Midwest USA.
Here is a YouTube clip of them jumping.
There was a story of a person being hit by one, and died. (while on a boat cruising)

Jumping fish can be seen when they go to spawn, but in the case of this pond - it is unlikely that it is spawning fish, and I also suspect that this is a pond in which the fish are bred by the owners. I remember being in one place in the Moscow region, there since the times of the Soviet Union a whole line of small ponds was dug, and fish are bred there. But it is not so jumping, it swims much more calmly.

 

[Pasha838]

Think you did perfect to repair it.

In principle, yes, a book can be quite useful. I have a library of sorts at home, it would be boring here without books. The only entertainment in the village is a supermarket. True, my father has a volleyball court, and my mother has ping-pong, but I'm too lazy to play it. After work, I like to sit quietly and not make unnecessary movements )

 

[cavemanrich]

whole line of small ponds was dug, and fish are bred there. But it is not so jumping, it swims much more calmly.

I totally understand that, and aware of such practice in European countries. Those are a different variety of carp.
The Asian variety are the HIGH JUMPERS.

 

[troyer]

Delicata squash filled with a chicken stock vegetable mix. It was delicious!

 

[cavemanrich]

 

[Buckeye Amy]

Source: © Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
The ‘elephant’s foot’ at Chernobyl nuclear power station. The mass formed during the reactor meltdown as a searingly hot lava of uranium and reactor material burnt its way through several floors into the basement of the power plant.

 

[cavemanrich]

 

[Pasha838]

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Source: © Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
The ‘elephant’s foot’ at Chernobyl nuclear power station. The mass formed during the reactor meltdown as a searingly hot lava of uranium and reactor material burnt its way through several floors into the basement of the power plant.

I don't think it's a good idea to approach such things. It's at least unhealthy.

 

[Buckeye Amy]

I don't think it's a good idea to approach such things. It's at least unhealthy.

Absolutely. I’ll never forget how much this scary event shook up the entire world. I was 15 when it happened.