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At that point, there was the feeling that evolution
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Artifishal

At that point,there was the feeling thatevolution and recolonization of riversmay take...

At that point,
there was the feeling that
evolution and recolonization of rivers
may take tens of thousands of
years

Full Transcript

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At that point, there was the feeling that evolution
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and recolonization of rivers may take tens of thousands of years.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:41
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Patagonia

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Movie Summary

Narratives of ecologists and conservationists are pitted against the human tendency to engineer and control in this probing documentary on the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.
As a result, that meant that no more hatchery fish were put into it. - Artifishal 00:05
As a result, that meant that no more hatchery fish were put ...
What became evident in the Toutle River system - Artifishal 00:10
What became evident in the Toutle River system
By seven years later, they more than doubled. - Artifishal 00:04
By seven years later, they more than doubled.
So those first years at the Toutle River were a prime example - Artifishal 00:17
So those first years at the Toutle River were a prime exampl...
Unfortunately, as the Toutle River began to show that it can produce fish, - Artifishal 00:08
Unfortunately, as the Toutle River began to show that it can...
Hatchery numbers went up, wild fish went down. - Artifishal 00:04
Hatchery numbers went up, wild fish went down.
Nature knows how to make fish work. - Artifishal 00:04
Nature knows how to make fish work.
The best thing that we as human beings can do - Artifishal 00:07
The best thing that we as human beings can do
"Just get out of our way." - Artifishal 00:13
"Just get out of our way."
But don't worry, because as we found out recently, America is on it. - Artifishal 00:06
But don't worry, because as we found out recently, Amer...
I'm Ben Tracy in Washington state, - Artifishal 00:08
I'm Ben Tracy in Washington state,
In your darkest moments of despair, - Artifishal 00:15
In your darkest moments of despair,
Humans believe we can do anything and everything all the time, - Artifishal 00:16
Humans believe we can do anything and everything all the tim...
But it has its limits, and we don't understand anything about those limits. - Artifishal 00:04
But it has its limits, and we don't understand anything...
Icarus was a tinkerer and he wanted to free himself - Artifishal 00:08
Icarus was a tinkerer and he wanted to free himself
So he made wings, he made wings of wax. - Artifishal 00:05
So he made wings, he made wings of wax.
Because he didn't sense any limits, he flew too close to the sun. - Artifishal 00:06
Because he didn't sense any limits, he flew too close t...
The sun melted his wings and he came crashing down to earth. - Artifishal 00:05
The sun melted his wings and he came crashing down to earth.
So the greater truth in that is, - Artifishal 00:08
So the greater truth in that is,
And be careful when you're tinkering. - Artifishal 00:04
And be careful when you're tinkering.