Salmon - Facts

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Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. The fish is pink and silver. Several other fish in the family are called trout. Salmon live in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Great Lakes and other lakes.

Typically, salmon are salt water fish. anadromous: they are born in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce. However, there are rare species that can only survive in fresh water habitats. This is most likely due to the domestication of these certain species of Salmon. Folklore has it that the fish return to the exact spot where they were born to spawn.

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Sammy the Salmon

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In Alaska, the crossing-over to other streams allows salmon to populate new streams, such as those that emerge as a glacier retreats. The precise method salmon use to navigate has not been entirely established, though their keen sense of smell is involved. In all species of Pacific salmon, the mature individuals die within a few days or weeks of spawning, a trait known as semelparity. However, even in those species of salmon that may survive to spawn more than once (iteroparity), post-spawning mortality is quite high (perhaps as high as 40 to 50%.)

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However, there are rare species that can only survive in fresh water habitats.

Does Wikipedia Do you know if this rare species has a name?

[TPowell]

salmon's awesome

[englishmike]

Great work Plom.

Weirdo.

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Does Wikipedia Do you know if this rare species has a name?

Sorry, Wikipedia I don't answer requests.

[Bread]

Out of control.

[tacomax]

I find your insight into animals the sole reason for visiting SBR. As much as I enjoy your postings, what I would really like is some connections between some of the animals you've posted about before. Such as, is there any connection between salmon and beavers?

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I find your insight into animals the sole reason for visiting SBR. As much as I enjoy your postings, what I would really like is some connections between some of the animals you've posted about before. Such as, is there any connection between salmon and beavers?

The next time you are eating a beaver you may notice it actually smells alot like salmon.

There is quite a bit that Salmons and Beavers have in common. Once again a list.

1. Salmons are pink to a red hue. Beavers are usually pink as well. If you want a red hue, just spank them.

2. Salmon is tender when cooked to perfection. Beaver is tender when f**ked with an erection.

3. Beaver rhymes with leave her which is what you would do if you found out your b**ch burned overcooked your salmon.

4. Tim Salmon pitched for the Angels. I have heard beaver yell "Oh God" on more than one occasion if procured properly.

5. Be careful if you find a bone in your salmon, it can get stuck in your throat. Be careful if you find a bone in your beaver, it may get you pregnant.

[RogueJuror]

I find your insight into animals the sole reason for visiting SBR.

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[RumpledForeskin]

The next time you are eating a beaver you may notice it actually smells alot like salmon.

lol, beat me to it

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Beavers' ponds may provide critical habitat for juvenile salmon. An example of this was seen in the years following 1818 in the Columbia River Basin. In 1818, the British government made an agreement with the U.S. government to allow U.S. citizens access to the Columbia catchment (see Treaty of 1818). At the time, the Hudson's Bay Company sent word to trappers to extirpate all furbearers from the area in an effort to make the area less attractive. In response to the elimination of beavers from large parts of the river system, salmon runs plummeted, even in the absence of many of the factors usually associated with the demise of salmon runs. Salmon recruitment can be affected by beavers' dams because dams can:

* Slow the rate at which nutrients are flushed from the system; nutrients provided by adult salmon dying throughout the fall and winter remain available in the spring to newly-hatched juveniles
* Provide deeper water pools where young salmon can avoid avian predators
* Increase productivity through photosynthesis and by enhancing the conversion efficiency of the cellulose-powered detritus cycle
* Create low-energy environments where juvenile salmon put the food they ingest into growth rather than into fighting currents
* Increase structural complexity with many physical niches where salmon can avoid predators

Beavers' dams are able to nurture salmon juveniles in Estuarine tidal marshes where the salinity is less than 10ppm. Beavers build small dams of generally less than 2 feet (0.61 m) high in channels in the Myrtle zone. These dams can be overtopped at high tide and hold water at low tide. This provides refuges for juvenile salmon so they don't have to swim into large channels where they are subject to predation.

Wow - thanks, pal.

[Casperwaits]

There is quite a bit that Salmons and Beavers have in common. Once again a list.

1. Salmons are pink to a red hue. Beavers are usually pink as well. If you want a red hue, just spank them.

2. Salmon is tender when cooked to perfection. Beaver is tender when f**ked with an erection.

3. Beaver rhymes with leave her which is what you would do if you found out your b**ch burned overcooked your salmon.

4. Tim Salmon pitched for the Angels. I have heard beaver yell "Oh God" on more than one occasion if procured properly.

5. Be careful if you find a bone in your salmon, it can get stuck in your throat. Be careful if you find a bone in your beaver, it may get you pregnant.

Thank You..Take Care...God Bless

[THEGREAT30]

That's why its the good shi! Fresh water. Grilled salmon on the George Foreman along with rice and green beans cant beat it for a quick meal.

[Mudcat]

I find the salmon to be a noble fish. I remember my brother wrote an essay in school about the salmon's struggle to return to its spawning waters that won an award and brought tears to the eyes of many.

You might think it would stop me from enjoying toasted salmon sandwiches with pepper and onion but not really.

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[Mudcat]

Couldn't you just kiss him!

[Willie Bee]

4. Tim Salmon pitched for the Angels.

Maybe he did during BP just fooling around, but never in an MLB game.

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