Death Valley Pupfish
In the midst of the Mohave Desert there is a small crack in the earth.
This crack opens to an enormous flooded cave system called Devil's Hole.
In this hole lives an animal that supposedly has the smallest
distribution of any vertebrate species in the world - the Devils Hole
Pupfish. Both the Hole and the Pupfish have always been sources of
great interest. President Harry S. Truman made Devil's Hole part of
Death Valley National Monument because of the unique geology and the
irreplaceable fish. In the 1970's, water pumpers in the area, hoping to
develop the desert for alfalfa production, were blocked by the U.S.
Supreme Court when they were draining the fishes' habitat.
Death Valley Pupfish
Death Valley Pupfish
Death Valley Pupfish
Death Valley Pupfish
Death Valley Pupfish
Death Valley Pupfish
Death Valley Pupfish
Death Valley Pupfish
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