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Inspiration can sometimes be found in the strangest of places. Like a trout farm, for instance.

"Resourceful" trout from a pond in the UK have been escaping through a small pipe 3 feet in the air that leads to a nearby stream. Apparently they've had enough of being at the fish farm and have found an unlikely way to freedom.



Down on the fish farm, workers could not understand why the number of brown trout had suddenly taken a dive.

But close observation revealed the reason - an aquatic version of the Great Escape.

The resourceful fish are leaping 3ft out of the water and into an eight-inch pipe which brings fresh water into the farm near Alresford, Hampshire.

Following their instincts the trout, cousins of the Atlantic salmon, then swim against the flow for 30ft before finding freedom at the other end as they plop into a tributary of the River Itchen.

Always remember... where there's a will, there's a way.