Fishies!

Fishies!
Originally uploaded by gaikokujinkyofusho.

These little guys are small enough that they don’t have to worry about being fished to death but that is the depressing part to me. These are in the Band-i Amir lake on of the natural wonders of Afghanistan located in the center of the country (one of the less accessible places I might add). It is still amusing to me that a land locked, dry country like Afghanistan would have such a taste for fish but they do, and as a result have (for the most part) depleted the edible supplies of fish in these chains of lakes (there is Band-I Amir, Band-I ??, and a few other Band-Is) yet another case of humans impact on delicate ecosystems. These little guys, I was told, aren’t particularly big and even less tasty so they have the run of the place. I do have to wonder though, how the hell any fish got into this lake, none of the tiny little streams that come from these lakes could (that I can imagine) traveled up and brining fish to this fairly isolated area would be no trivial task nowadays so before the days of cars (and 4 wheeled drive) it would seem to have been downright impossible.