The Life Cycle of a Fish called Salmon
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Salmon Life Cycle
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The First Stage
In the first stage of a fish's life, they go through a period of being eggs. Salmon eggs lay in a "nest" that is called a redd.
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The Second Stage
Salmon eggs contain a yolk that sticks out from the bottom of the alevins. This "sac" contains protein, sugar, minerals, and vitamins...but as these alevins grow the sac dissappears.
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The Third Stage
When salmon are fingerlings they have gone past the stage of being the size of a pine-needle.
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When some salmon reach the fingerling stage, they start their journey to the ocean...but some salmon stay where they are in the river, lake, etc. The salmon that go to the ocean have already matured for one year and have many obstacles ahead of them.
When the fish go down the rivers and go through the dams to the ocean, they get bigger and bigger. At the ocean they get food, grow, and mature if they don't get killed or eaten by predators.
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So when are you gonna start heading for the ocean Salmon?
