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Road Kill Fish

Published July 17, 2019

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

Catfish hung on stop signs. Catfish flung on the shoulder. A dead chub on the highway. Lately mules Brick and Cracker and I have come across dead fish where you wouldn’t expect them – along the side of the road. I put them in to a post card-like arrangement I though you’d enjoy.

Four roadkill fish including two catfish and a roach found roadside across three states during Bernie Harberts cross-country mule ride.
4 dead fish by the road in 3 states – 2 catfish and a roach. I just labeled the fish with where I found them.

Right now the mules and I are in eastern Nebraska. Lots of corn and soybean fields but not a dead fish in site.

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One Response to Road Kill Fish

  • Christian Harberts on August 6, 2019 at 2:12 pm

    Sounds like a great candidate for The Question you ask when you meet folks (Like “How did the fossils get in the rocks” for the Lost Sea Expedition: “Why do people ditch fish in places where they can be seen?”…

    Could be the beginning of a trip into the Heart of Darkness…

    C

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