Jaredites, another Noah

Ether 2.

I found it interesting that Jared and his brother didn't just gather all the regular, domesticated animals but caught wild birds (v.2) and put them in cages. They also made vessels (v.3) to carry fish. When the Lord commanded the people of this time to scatter upon all the face of the earth (Ether 1:33), it meant that the people would have to populate other parts of the earth with animals. This would especially apply to the Americas where, after the flood, there wouldn't be any animals including fresh water fish. Noah had released all his animals in Asia.

Noah's descendants disobeyed the commandment of the Lord and stayed in one geographic local. The Lord, in his wrath, confounded the language of the people to force them to scatter upon all the face of the earth (Ether 1:33).

So, it was required of the Jaredites to bring animals, birds, fish and honey bees to the new land. They acted like Noah and the Ark for the Americas!

Ether 1:33 Which Jared came forth with his brother and their families, with some others and their families, from the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people, and swore in his wrath that they should be scattered upon all the face of the earth; and according to the word of the Lord the people were scattered.

Ether 1:1-3 And it came to pass that Jared and his brother, and their families, and also the friends of Jared and his brother and their families, went down into the valley which was northward, (and the name of the valley was Nimrod, being called after the mighty hunter) with their flocks which they had gathered together, male and female, of every kind.
2 And they did also lay snares and catch fowls of the air; and they did also prepare a vessel, in which they did carry with them the fish of the waters.
3 And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees, and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land, seeds of every kind.

-Scott