Want to hear something wild?
Packages are not the only thing making their way across the country on huge trucks.
Earlier this year, tanker trucks made headlines in California for their extra-special cargo.
Tiny chinook salmon are supposed to swim 300 miles from their home near the Sacramento river to the Pacific ocean, but due to the severe drought conditions this year, they got to bypass that journey.
The fish were carried by tanker truck across our westernmost state to be dropped off into the waters of San Francisco Bay.
But why?
Because of lower flows in the rivers and warmer water temperatures, the salmon swimming down the river would be extremely susceptible to predation and thermal stress, meaning they would probably not reach the ocean at all.
After the salmon were released into the bay, tides pulled them into the ocean.
But all is not well.
It’s semi-common knowledge that salmon have an uncanny ability to always return home to spawn the following cycle. Normally, the salmon would swim the 300 miles back to their birthplace.
Because the imprinting cycle is broken, it’s unlikely that many salmon make it back.
They’ll stray. And they won’t find their way home.
So even though this is far from ideal, officials say trucking them to the sea was a highly necessary decision to save the fisheries.
This impacts everyone in the fishing industry and was a critical move this year.
Check out this video by the Associated Press to see the transfer in action: