
Royalty - King Salmon

by KJ Swan
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Royalty - King Salmon
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KJ Swan
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Truly an amazing fish, the King Salmon or Chinook are a wonder of the natural world. Their migration abilities are phenomenal. Swimming from freshwater in to salty ocean, they travel thousands of miles/kilometers into the deep ocean and back again.
If fortunate, these amazing fish dodge eagles, sharks, seals, orcas, terns, and otters (among other predators) so they may return home again several years later. It’s believed they use a combination of magnetic fields, and celestial navigation to return to their home shores. Then they use their sense of smell to detect their natal stream to climb and mate.
Along the journey home, they bring nutrients from the ocean to enrich rivers and streams. And at the end, their carcasses provide food for a variety of animals - making the King Salmon a very special keystone species.
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December 17th, 2023
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