Aug 9, 2010: Salmon Run

xoxoxoBruce · 08-08-2010, 11:34 PM

Salmon, having located the outlet of the stream they came from, begin their struggle against barriers and predators, to return to where they were born... uh, hatched.

The stream dumps into what looks big enough to be an ocean inlet, but it must be fresh water because they've already turned red.

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classicman · 08-08-2010, 11:42 PM

Happy looking bear at the link too. Mmm - now I'm hungry

Gravdigr · 08-09-2010, 03:28 AM

Salmon: The Other Pink Meat.

lawman · 08-09-2010, 12:43 PM

the theory behind salmon turning red, is that the bears are mostly nocturnal, and red is the first colour the eye loses distinction of as light diminishes.

smart little fishes!

xoxoxoBruce · 08-09-2010, 01:44 PM

Sounds like a good theory... except up there, as you well know, there's plenty of daylight bear activity.

Cyber Wolf · 08-09-2010, 01:58 PM

Seems like one could get a lifetime's worth of Omega-3s just by rolling around in that water.

ZenGum · 08-09-2010, 09:27 PM

How can they call it a salmon "run"? Little fellers look like they're swimming, to me.

jinx · 08-09-2010, 09:35 PM

I just watched (listened to really, we were in the car) a show on this the other day (netflix rocks), it said that for even 100 salmon that hatch, 4 make it all the way back.

spudcon · 08-10-2010, 12:19 AM

Salmon are ugly fish. I'm glad they don't spawn around here. The smell like fish too!

Shawnee123 · 08-10-2010, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

Salmon are ugly fish. I'm glad they don't spawn around here. The smell like fish too!

But they taste like heaven.

Adak · 08-10-2010, 08:00 AM

Salmon in the ocean, are great looking fish. When they return to the streams to spawn, their life is just about over. They turn red (and a touch green), have little or nothing to eat, and the males especially, get that hooked jaw.

After spawning, they all die in their home stream or lake. A bonanza for scavengers, but quite a mess sometimes.

Spexxvet · 08-10-2010, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

Salmon are ugly fish.

They said the same thing about you.

Shawnee123 · 08-10-2010, 08:16 AM

heehee

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Originally Posted by spudcon

Salmon are ugly fish.

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

They said the same thing about you.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

But they taste like heaven.

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

They said the same thing about you.

Spexxvet · 08-10-2010, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

The smell like fish too!

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Originally Posted by Salmon Rushdie

Thanks for the compliment!

08-08-2010, 11:34 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Aug 9, 2010: Salmon Run Salmon, having located the outlet of the stream they came from, begin their struggle against barriers and predators, to return to where they were born... uh, hatched. The stream dumps into what looks big enough to be an ocean inlet, but it must be fresh water because they've already turned red. link __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-08-2010, 11:42 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Happy looking bear at the link too. Mmm - now I'm hungry __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-09-2010, 03:28 AM	#3
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Salmon: The Other Pink Meat. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-09-2010, 01:44 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sounds like a good theory... except up there, as you well know, there's plenty of daylight bear activity. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-09-2010, 01:58 PM	#6
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Seems like one could get a lifetime's worth of Omega-3s just by rolling around in that water. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

08-09-2010, 12:43 PM	#4
lawman unerringly questioning Join Date: May 2002 Location: Whitehorse, Yukon Posts: 100	the theory behind salmon turning red, is that the bears are mostly nocturnal, and red is the first colour the eye loses distinction of as light diminishes. smart little fishes!

08-09-2010, 09:27 PM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	How can they call it a salmon "run"? Little fellers look like they're swimming, to me. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-09-2010, 09:35 PM	#8
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I just watched (listened to really, we were in the car) a show on this the other day (netflix rocks), it said that for even 100 salmon that hatch, 4 make it all the way back. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

08-10-2010, 12:19 AM	#9
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Salmon are ugly fish. I'm glad they don't spawn around here. The smell like fish too! __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-10-2010, 08:00 AM	#11
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	Salmon in the ocean, are great looking fish. When they return to the streams to spawn, their life is just about over. They turn red (and a touch green), have little or nothing to eat, and the males especially, get that hooked jaw. After spawning, they all die in their home stream or lake. A bonanza for scavengers, but quite a mess sometimes.

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