The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rattled a large swath of Northern California likely increased spawning activity in fish to protect their population.
Powerful earthquakes like the one felt last week across Northern California are stark reminders for people to plan — perhaps to fortify their home or business or, at minimum, finally build that earthquake kit. But for the Devils Hole pupfish, a critically endangered species found only in a deep limestone cave in Death Valley, an earthquake signals that it's time to do something a bit more intimate. Scientists say the fish's likely response to the magnitude 7.
'' The response isn't irrational, according to scientists. In 1967, pupfish were labeled an endangered species, one of the first in the United States. Before the mid-1990s, scientists counted between 200 and 250 Devils Hole pupfish each spring. But over the course of about 20 years, the fish's population count dropped to an average of about 90, with an all-time low of 35 fish in 2013. But population counts, which occur in the spring and fall, have been higher recently.
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