Book 16, Question 108
Why Do Tiny Fish Live in Only One Desert Pool?
Tiny fish live in only one desert pool because they got trapped there as the land dried out! The Devils Hole pupfish lives in a single pool in a cave in the Nevada desert. That pool is not much bigger than a small swimming pool.
More fun facts
- The Devils Hole pupfish lives in only one place: a deep, water-filled cave in Nevada.
- It has the smallest known home range of any vertebrate animal.
- It is one of the most endangered fish in the world.
- There are at most a few hundred of these tiny fish.
- They live for about one to two years and eat cave algae and tiny animals.
Sources: National Park Service, Scientific American
Questions kids ask
Why is this pupfish so rare?
It lives in just one cave pool and nowhere else on Earth.