The recent California earthquake affected the only known habitat of the endangered pupfish » TwistedSifter

Earthquakes are hard on everyone, but most of us probably never stop to wonder how they affect the animal and plant life around the site.

However, the fact that pupfish are so endangered and only live around the epicenter of the recent earthquake in California, makes it even more dangerous for someone to stop and think about it.

About 500 miles from the epicenter of the December 5th earthquake lies a cave home to the Devils Hole Pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis). The water house quickly changed from somewhat still to shaky.

The geothermal pool they live in is at the bottom of a collapsed cave, so the Pupfish are unlikely to be accustomed to much — if any — movement at all.

The waves that were overtaken by the quake reached a height of about 24 inches, enough to disturb the pupfish's main spawning area, but until now, National Park Service biologist Dr. Kevin Wilson is still trying to figure out what this means.

“In the short term, this is bad for the pupfish. A lot of the pupfish's food has sunk deep into the cave, and it's probably too deep for the pupfish to get to. There were probably pupfish eggs on the shelf that were destroyed.”

However, it's likely not all bad news.

“In the long run, this type of reset is good for the pup fish. It cleans out any decaying organic matter that can cause pockets of low oxygen.”

After previous waves caused by earthquakes (for the curious among you), the pupfish not only survived, but their numbers increased.

It appears that earthquakes do not pose as big a risk as climate change and human activity.

Go figure.

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