Why do salmon spawn?

Salmon spawn in river systems with a very strong current, as their fast-flowing freshwater provides a lot of oxygen for their young. During their way upstream, the salmon keep their feeding activity to a bare minimum and burn through all of their bodily energy reserves in order to make it to the spawning grounds. While …

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Can salmon get worms?

It would be shocking to find a worm in your salmon. However, the fact is that some type of parasite can be found in almost every type of food. The worms occasionally seen in salmon are anisakid nematodes that also occur in cod, haddock, fluke, herring, flounder, and monkfish. The CDC states that humans get …

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Does salmon eat krill?

Salmon also ate the reddish swarming krill known as Munida, when these were present. It is significant that sprat, swarming red krill, and juvenile hoki all live off the bottom (ie, are pelagic), and that virtually no bottom dwelling prey were eaten by salmon. One of the next things we wondered was; do salmon eat …

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Are salmon warm blooded?

A salmon shark’s warm-bloodedness is achieved by countercurrent heat exchange in which heat produced by internal muscle activity is used to warm the oxygenated blood returning from the gills. Salmon sharks benefit from warm-bloodedness and more efficient muscles by being able to reach higher swimming speeds. I discovered they have a special adaptation that allows …

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