What Happened to the Tecopa Pupfish?

      The Tecopa Pupfish lived in the Mojave Desert of water in South and North Tecopa Hot Springs. They were small and ate larva. The fish was first brought to the public eye in 1848 by a man named Robert Miller. The pupfish is of the genus Cyprinodon, or pupfish. The fish was heat tolerant which was a good thing given the area in which is lived in.

          The Tecopa pupfish became extinct in or around 1970. In that year, there was a reasearch to find this fish, but nothing showed up in the search and no one has seen one since. Before that, in 1950s there was bathhouses which became popular in the area. It boasted hot springs that people flocked to in order to enjoy a nice soak. That caused the fish to be pushed downstream.

          We humans should responsible to save the creatures, animal and plants, around us, moreover for animals and plants which become extinct. We should not destroy the nature, because it is a place for them to growth and breed. We need think twice when we are in the nature.

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