How Salmon Evolved to Die After Spawning

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They did not evolve. God, in His infinite wisdom designed them that way.

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[@RumCaptain]

Approximately a 10 year life span for a fish, sees a huge chunk of the world and able to return home at the end of life is actually pretty epic.

[@imlijii]

Creator is God. Praise the Lord.

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

It is one of the most epic events found in nature. The salmon run.

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@@imlijii praise Jebus.

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[@iholkih360]

An epic narrative written into the evolution of a species

[@melancholybobbyjoe]

It's insane that a species is so determined to carry on a strong lineage that they absolutely physically destroy themselves in the process. First the battering from traveling upstream, then the cortisol bombardment AND physical strain from mating, then no real sustenance in the pools they breed in for them. They literally kill themselves to produce the biggest and best young. What absolute machines.

[@michaelanderson7715]

Remember, 'determined' is only a metaphor; evolution is an blind process without direction of goals.

[@happysquirtle466]

I hope you do realize they don't actively choose to do so, they have no choice because this behavior is etched into their genes. It's not like there are some outliers that are like: nah dude, fuck suicide just to produce offspring, I keep living in the ocean. They can't take a different path nor comprehend the consequences of their actions.

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@@michaelanderson7715 a* not an

[@michaelanderson7715]

@@Based_cory a typo, as was of instead of or

[@toastermax1584]

'driven' to carry on

[@davidyasser9591]

Someone should make an animated movie about a salmon life cycle. Such a courageous journey and tragical end, nonetheless a beautiful one.

[@johndemuth6735]

Futurama did it

[@dominikweber4305]

@@johndemuth6735 why doesn't this surprise me

[@woltews]

Dr Zoidburge would approve

[@DomGuam]

And there are humans that want to remove their genitalia, yet these creatures die just to assure they achieve their life’s goal, inspiring.

[@pwaaoolhtims4344]

You're just trying to watch Salmon porn

[@platedlizard]

I've excavated several giant salmon, an ancestral species of modern pacific salmon which lived about 11 to 5 million years ago. They were huge, nine feet long, weighing up to four or five hundred pounds. The ones I've excavated had perished in a braided stream of the ancestral Deschutes River, in central Oregon, so by then, they were already migrating quite far. It is believed they had already evolved suicidal reproduction by then.

[@richardbutkis]

So they used to be like the tunas we have now.

[@porcorosso4330]

@@richardbutkis Do tuna migrate into fresh water?

[@porcorosso4330]

@war Ah. Yes. Tuna are pretty large in size.

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@@porcorosso4330 just meant how big they were. Tuna get to be 500 lbs currently.

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[@CHEFMART]

Beautiful production makes me wanna cry for the salmons life - they help so much to feed a lot of animals

[@KC-ql6dd]

Could not agree more.

[@edanlewis5831]

Growing up on the west coast of canada, it was always neat walking to school during spawning season and see over the weeks all the salmon swim up and then the carcasses all over the bank just to be eaten up in a week or two. Sadly over fishing is easily seen though, as every year there are less and less salmon dying on the creek beds

[@thecanadiandane7262]

That’s an odd twist, fewer dead salmon being the concerning thing

[@thedwightguy]

@@thecanadiandane7262 does a bear poop in the woods? it's natures way of returning minerals, like calcium and trace metals that mushrooms and tree need to thrive. !!! amazing cycle, eh??

[@janerickallado8881]

@@thecanadiandane7262 that means fewer salmon are returning to lay eggs and die.

[@rightclick4294]

It's the chinese =_= Literally sailing to another part of the world to poach fish

[@nos9784]

​@@rightclick4294 it's many other things, too, but yes. The chinese fleet is large and controls basicly don't exist.

[@olliefoxx7165]

The power of a salmon swimming up a waterfall and past predators is inspirational. Their perseverance and tenacity boggles the mind.

[@Tonyscasa]

It reminds me of a large ham that would walk up a hill everyday to the local McDonalds. Even when she needed a walker she still had the bravery to push herself and the walker to the McDonald’s . They don’t make them like that anymore .

[@KirtCarson]

Cortisol (stress levels) so high they are driven to do what they do. More like insanity than tenacity, but your point well made about the inspirational obstacles they persevere over.

[@remotefaith]

Not like they have any say in the matter

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​@@Tonyscasaaverage (insert war tornncountry) child on their way to school to get scattered all over the lands 😂😂😂

[@MrFancyFingers]

My grandfather used to take us crawfishing up a river on the coast near northern Oregon. They were so vast in numbers because the salmon would go up to spawn and die. We almost always came back with 2 five gallon buckets full of crawfish after about 8 hours. He used big chunks of bacon for the bait.

[@tresjolieme81]

makes sense as to why the crawfish are big there they are well fed

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[@TasinTheLegend]

I saw A Shorts Right Now. And Zombie Salmons Are Interesting

[@kingo_friver]

Some of my friends had suddenly become eager to return to their spawning site at a certain age, and then after that, they soon got rapidly aged.

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[@Makkis]

Tge remaining 5% that don't die, upon seeing the others: "pathetic"

[@Krissdafish]

The soviets introduced the pacific breed into the Barents sea, so in Northern Norway there is a large scale invasion currently, which threatens to outcompete the Atlantic variety which is native.

[@tommatt2ski]

Well now you can catch and eat your salmon ( invasive Pacific salmon ) and save your salmon ( native Atlantic salmon ) at the same time. Win - Win Just catch and release the native salmon and harvest the Pacific salmon, especially commercially ( before they enter the rivers to spawn ) .

[@Biophile23]

And the Atlantic Salmon doesn't actually have the suicidal reproduction like the Salmon species of the pacific Northwest. I was kind of surprised to not see that mentioned.

[@larsord9139]

@@Biophile23 He mentioned it.

[@profd65]

@@Biophile23 It was mentioned.

[@kyleenglot9184]

And half the salmon farms on the Pacific Northwest are Scandinavian companies who hatch Atlantic Salmon on the Pacific seems like everyone is doing it which just doesn't seem right.

[@person3503]

Imagine spending evolution point just to die after mating

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[@guifdcanalli]

evolution is indeed a coop game, so if your team wins is enough

[@just_a_guy9688]

The point of the game of life is to reproduce anyways, what they're doing is totally viable.

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It's using fair use content. Some of it from Nat Geo

[@carlosdumbratzen6332]

I recently watched a video of a dying salmon and was kinda confused, because here (on the Atlantic) salmon normally dont do this. This video explained every initial question I had in a consciece and entertaining manner. Alot of videos, that claim to answer a question dont and it annoys me quite alot. This was a nice surprise

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[@aloneandannoyed]

true, the Atlantic salmon can do the trip multiple times, usually 1-2 but it can be a few more.

[@JohnJames.]

@@aloneandannoyed steelhead can also spawn multiple times. Fishing is closed for a month to let the "Kelts " go back to the ocean

[@aloneandannoyed]

@@JohnJames. cool, I didn't know that- that's nice of them

[@EJD339]

@@JohnJames. thanks for sharing! I didn’t know that as well.

[@infamouscha]

It's crazy to think about how this whole process creates so much food for the environment.

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[@AaaaaaaHelp]

Amazing video, and I can note that some landlocked salmon can survive the spawn on rare occasions, I have witnessed Coho from Lake Superior making the journey back into the lake after spawn as they start to feed again regaining energy

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[@profd65]

Coho are a Pacific salmon. They aren't indigenous to the Great Lakes.

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Fish: hey you wanna mate? Another fish: NO I DONT WANT TO DIE!

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[@---iv5gj]

Salmon dying from exhaustion, stress, and flesh literally rotting away, half of body bitten off by bear: Doesn't matter, had sex

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[@pucamisc]

So cool! I would love to see a video from your about one species evolving into two species, I think there was a salamander species on the coats of California that did this. It’s fascinating.

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This is a brilliant video. My friend and I were just having a conversation about why salmons make the super strenuous migration just to self destruct after mating. Fascinating!

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Wow - fantastic video. I have been to Alaska twice for fishing trips and never knew that landlocked salmon also perished after spawning. I always thought it was the salt water to fresh water change that triggered the decay. Kind regards, Troy Duncan.

[@ianbruce6515]

It's strange that almost everyone believes that all salmon die after spawning. That is the case with Pacific salmon--but is not the case with Atlantic salmon.

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A lot of fish out there can and do tolerate both freshwater and saltwater. Two that may surprise you, Lake Trout and Largemouths Bass. Lake Trout living in lakes that drain into the Arctic Ocean have been discovered to migrate to the open ocean. Largemouth Bass can tolerate about 2% salinity, which the open ocean is about 3.5% salinity. I’ve caught Largemouth Bass is water that you can taste the salt in. It’s wild.

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It’s not because there’s “little food to eat” there’s more to it than that they stop eating completely when they go from salt water to fresh water.

[@Lil_Devil]

Being near the Okanagan in Canada, I was able to witness the salmon run this year. Its truly incredible.

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it is absolutely astounding how they can always find their way home, no matter how far or difficult it may be.

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Not always. Very often they do, but sometimes these “mistakes” lead to salmon habitat expansion

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[@NANOG-P8]

to any salmons watching this : i salute you .

[@snailart9214]

Okay hypothetical question, if you took a salmon back to it's home after it spawned and like/fed it would it be able to survive?? Or would it just die anyway? edit: jk I finished the video i guess noooo they cannot

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its, not it's

[@nic1512]

I think there are some salmons who survive a few mating rounds so it could be possible

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ratio.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

They die because they exhaust all of their resources going against the currents. So big salmons that have lots of spare fat and protein can go a few matings so it is probably yes

[@thecanadiandane7262]

Did you miss the bit where landlocked salmon who don’t have to migrate still die?

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A great video as a fisherman always wondered why they did this

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[@ChristelVinot]

95 percent of the salmon die after mating? So some actually live? I want to hear about how that happens!

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+1

[@artur6912]

They go back to the ocean and come back next year for round two.

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95% meaning the 5% got eaten before they got to spawn i guess?

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[@CLNCJD94]

You know I’ve always wondered about the small number of salmon that survive spawning. What happens to them? Do you the share the same fate as those who wasted away in the streams? Do they cannibalize their own young if they stick around? Or do they simply swim back towards the ocean and live out their days there forever changed from the swim back home.

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Usually the gays take over to exploit the situation.

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Sounds like a Disney/Pixar movie waiting to be made...

[@x808drifter]

If they survive they come back the next year. There are studies that have shown some spawned 3-4 times before they disappeared.

[@Joe-bh4vz]

Atlantic Salmon are like that. Most do die, but quite a few survive. They just swim back to the ocean.

[@lilren2021]

Imagine being the salmon that survived and watch all their friends die and then having to do the whole thing over again next year

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I find it really interesting, Octopus seemed to have convergent evolution adaptations that are similar to the Pacific salmon. Where they are completely different species, yet they both separately evolved to pass away once they reproduce...

[@theroamer2663]

Pretty cool, although octopodes forgo feeding in order to stay stationary, protecting their eggs as long as possible, rather than using their energy to reach an optimal spawning ground. Protection is likely more important for octopus eggs since they're attached to a surface, all in one spot, and in the open ocean, rather than in a stream with thousands of other eggs spread nearby.

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Same with Zoidberg’s species from Furturama

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Neither of them are as drastically semelparous as some mouse opossums and killifish are.

[@porcorosso4330]

I think also many insects also use this strategy.

[@willw5868]

It’s a very common strategy. In organisms without parental care or social structure, staying alive after mating doesn’t really have an advantage.

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Swims upstream, reproduces, dies and refuses to elaborate. Sigma fish.

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I’ve seen this migration in north Norway and there’s just too much of this invasive salmon so they started handing them out for free but there’s was just too much so in the end they had to throw away so much

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[@socialist-strong]

I’ve heard that great beacons are lit on the pacific’s eastern coast to guide the salmon home; huge brush fires are started by humans. Human families who hunt the salmon also pass down their spots though their family lineage, so the two clans, human and salmon, are tied. Some people fish with reef nets that have holes in them, so that some salmon will pass through and continue the lineage.

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hearing someone take salmon spawning so seriously is very funny considering the field trips my entire elementary school used to go on. you wouldn't think it was so majestic if you regularly saw and smelled the zombified fish.

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