chain reaction fish wave @ Eagle Point, SBWR - 3 Dec2017

The tide was out and the water level around the Eagle Point observation deck was very low. The little egrets and striated herons were stationed at both ends of the circular stand of sticks and they were making quick work picking out the tiny fish which had been corralled within the vertical sticks. The mounds of tiny clams which had fallen off the sticks and accumulated at the base of the sticks were effectively a wall keeping the fish within the circular patch. There were only a few gaps through which the fish could escape.

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Everyone at the Eagle Point observation deck were surprised by the fish wave which started from the right and moved towards the left and then repeated itself in a counter-clockwise manner as the fish kept jumping no doubt in panic. This lasted for a few minutes before the fish settled down. Is there a moral to this fish tale? Perhaps not all types of schooling is good :p.