Millions of Salmon Return Home | National Geographic

Every four years, millions of sockeye salmon journey thousands of miles from the ocean back to their native spawning grounds in Canada's Fraser River. There, after eggs are laid, the parents die. Then the cycle begins anew as the next generation of salmon makes its way down the river and into the ocean.
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Video: Witness sockeye salmon journey thousands of miles from the ocean back to their native spawning grounds in Canada's Fraser River.

[@thaliafalconicedeno1174]

Huy que emocionante.... a todos nos gusta regresar a casa...que nuestros Salmón tengan una feliz navidad

[@mostafasolimanmos]

welcome home Salmon

[@umewu5020]

R they going back to Scotland?

[@miriancinez9525]

Saludable!

[@sebrinakostreba8877]

Canada has such beautiful scenery and wildlife up there...would love to see sometime

[@theworthysoul]

The fact these fish swim miles upstream, change colours and develop a hooked jaw, and then die of exhaustion after mating is really incredible.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Indeed

[@markgwapo2918]

I think they teach us to always look where we came from.

[@magiccarp3710]

I think they teach us to not pee in the water

[@lorjin007ify]

They teach us where to pickup easy meal

[@tanberetO]

They don't teach anything. They just do what is programmed into their being.

[@suraiyachowdhury185]

yes we came from ALLAH and will return to ALLAH (after our death) certainly. world is a place of trial. nothing more. need to ask forgiveness to ALLAH from all satanic temptations and traps.

[@Tsamokie]

I don't know about you, but I came from my mother.

[@owenkedas5022]

I caught 15 sockeye salmon in the Kenai River in Alaska. One was too small to keep, so I had to release him a way very different from how you release a bass or a bluegill or something like that. I loved pushing him back and forth in the water and then watching him swim away after that last push. I love sockeye salmon. I always have.

[@jimmyjamesmalngiang4273]

It's the same way and the words which says "You are dust and unto dust you shall return" to us humans is true😊.

[@tanberetO]

Unless you die in water.

[@jonathonlee3189]

Everyone: Come here to see this beautiful sight of salmon Dude: Come here to get a Fish On 🎣

[@vicentelambujon314]

So stunning gorgeous fish..

[@nickrah1737]

Dude at 1:40 on his eminem swag 🤣

[@ix_stompdown_-xi8199]

1:38 looks like fkn eminem

[@wheeler1616]

ok...THIS is what I watch Nat Geo for!

[@erichalim]

Beautiful nature. Love it.

[@memetagi4827]

BEAUTIFUL !! GOD IS GLORIFIED HIS CREATIONS IS AWESOME. THE COLOUR OF THOSE FISH IS WONDERFUL IT IS SO UNIQUE

[@b6makavelithugz]

You will be rewarded, and never will you be forgotten on the Hour. Do good, establish prayer, pay zakat

[@MrByambaa602]

Btw color is from loosing thier scales. It's like human loosing it's skin not so beautiful

[@memeboi6017]

@@MrByambaa602 No, the color isn't from that, they would die before getting there ; And how would you explain the green

[@MrByambaa602]

@@memeboi6017 yes it is. Green you mean thier head? Still have their skin on their head. Look it up buddy

[@memeboi6017]

@@MrByambaa602 how about you look at an image of a spawning sockeye closely, you'll soon see the scales that make up its skin still there on the red part, and the green

[@sk8punk318]

It’s crazy to think about the entire process it takes from fishing all the way to buying some from the grocery store m

[@philg7205]

How can something so amazing evolve just by chance.

[@MiguelAngel-dm9hx]

Because it’s not chance :)

[@capricOrnzee]

Wow! It's a blessing to reckoned, people should have to start caring our nature, so that everything will place in proper like this gift.

[@sheeeeeeesh54]

I love salmon.

[@theinn96]

Beautiful

[@BeeBee-ez7hr]

ohh my God its so amazing. i want swimming with them🐟

[@GrizzlyRampage181]

1:11 thats a guy fishing lol

[@yorkishirish7616]

He be like: fok dis

[@junediaz4841]

😂😂😂

[@Phaminator525]

well all those salmon are gonna die naturally after they spawn their eggs lol

[@aidangm7419]

Asiantryhard this Only applies for pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon return year after year to spawn

[@heroryan7859]

i wanna fish there

[@lurshaikharbani3140]

Wow so beautiful☺️👍

[@argentinasubmarina8193]

Excelente!

[@VlogandTechAdvisor]

Amazing 🧜🏼‍♀️🧜🏻‍♂️

[@shabeenaharoon3733]

So beautiful 😍 💖

[@cincycap]

1:18 why wouldn't she just say 1 in 1000?

[@jordonprill3975]

Because they birth 4000 eggs

[@sweetbutpsycho4578]

@@jordonprill3975 *lay egg not birth

[@tengmichael5669]

because she makes the videö and she is the boss .haha

[@funnyshorts5765]

They breed only once in their lifetime 🙌

[@yesmar1640]

why do they say 4 out of 4,000 when they can just say 1 out of 1,000?

[@ihavenoredeemingqualities3689]

Because they're the same thing?

[@yesmar1640]

Bill Bop yeah, that is my exact point XD

[@Light-vu6ws]

Why do they say 1 out of 1,000 when they can say 0.5 out of 500?

[@ihavenoredeemingqualities3689]

Eraser Why do they say .5 out of 500 when they can say .25 out of 250?

[@Light-vu6ws]

Why call it a decimal when we can call it a fraction?

[@clintcbrantley5542]

This looks good... This is a must watch for me...

[@ComradeScrungus]

Looks good with some dill and lemon!

[@clintcbrantley5542]

Joey Estacado LOL... That's funny...

[@clintcbrantley5542]

dave hathaway LOL...

[@ratkiller6237]

@@ComradeScrungus OWE NOOO!

[@tommyboybr]

That’s beautiful!

[@sarapowless3563]

My what's up

[@sarapowless3563]

Mk it's ganim

[@NeonPlantChris]

Every epic wildlife video like this iz cool

[@anjummn]

Very interesting life cycle

[@N30N_907]

Yum them salmon looks delicious

[@rabishnakrprasad8227]

Heart wining please.. I love you nature

[@professorgame3662]

1:31 I thought he's Eminem for a second lol

[@nmoomUAE]

Wow you look like good family's

[@VarietyBlogUk]

Wow so beautiful👍 Thanks for sharing dear🥰 Plz stay connected ❤️

[@adityapratama5931]

Wiiih air nya bening bgt segeer kaya nya

[@sk8punk318]

Absolutely insane

[@user-xm2qh3wg2u]

Thankyou​

[@ygblackjack0]

Almost everyone is watching the salmons n at one point a guy if fishing... REALLY DUDE?!

[@sk8punk318]

YGblackjack 56 quite positive that’s illegal

[@hasnaalshammri4490]

دنيا صارت زلزل وبركين خسوفات والحريق وغاني وشبكات ومشاهير وبلوي

[@tanberetO]

@@sk8punk318 why would that be illegal? Bear do it. The salmon season in Alaska coincides with the spawning of them.

[@rhodelreyes8297]

Bear can freely eat salmon when they spawn.. Why not humans??

[@aquasight1019]

"Why not Humans? Really? Maybe because bears in mass haven't damned their path are polluted their waters, or penned them in "farms", or hooked them in the face with rusty barbed hooks. Maybe while the crowds of humans are viewing these magnificent fish with awe and respect that anthropocentric dude could put his pole down and consider how incredibly difficult it is for these fish to make it to their spawning grounds. 'Just something to consider. Fish are animals too!

[@reymarklauriaga5275]

When they are done laying eggs. Give me some.. Salmon is a deli

[@sabrinasabrina4367]

We talk about climate change and overfishing. But the biggest impact is from farming operations making them sick. How come there is no mention of that in this clip?

[@fadingdreamx]

Live footage of a splatoon salmon run shift aftermath

[@thermicbonkery]

I Love Eating Salmon, But Is Awesome To See Them Do This :D

[@user-xm2qh3wg2u]

รอส่งออกไปอังกฤษ​

[@jeanmatthias3703]

This is so cool...

[@shafaitahir4728]

1:36 The dedication to hire slim shady for this documentary!

[@huy3101]

salmon is so great

[@daltonisamirage]

Salmon are so gosh idk I get teary eyes

[@norco4life518]

That same thing is affecting the east coast Atlantic salmon populations. It’s to a point that IF you can fish them in my area, they need to be released, unless you are indigenous. I just wish I could have my son feel the absolutely thrill of a salmon taking a fly, the fight they put up, and seeing them launch themselves from the water. I’m teaching my boy to fly fish, but it’s likely going to be for trout, i won’t participate in stressing the remaining population out

[@bananaraptor7747]

0:18 someone just brings a 1911 and just offs a couple of salmon on the spot

[@fishingcalifornia100]

Welcome home salmon ;)

[@AKPOWER]

now your going to catch them

[@fishingcalifornia100]

If only I lived in British Columbia

[@sevginasanasan6857]

Дa супер

[@user-qk7dn9ui4z]

ฟังบ่ออก

[@ikennaeckrich5332]

3:02 that dead salmon was so sad!

[@crowjones78]

They are dead because it’s the end of the run, not because of climate change like the propaganda would imply.

[@vyronarellano8802]

I think they should have a law about fishing so much Salmon. I mean look how Salmon fight for their lives to bring offspring that would continue the next generation.

[@zaidquraishi691]

01:32 Didn’t know Eminem was an expert on Salmon. Well, you learn new things everyday.

[@user-xm2qh3wg2u]

กรุงเทพประท้วงกันมานาน

[@hasstarvlog786]

I really sorry I can't help myself when I see fish I just grab one and cook and yummy yummy 😋

[@tueseahkiong5029]

I think is very important we should take care the gift was given to us freely

[@FarukAhmed-zj5zf]

Wow I never seen Red salmon's

[@XX-gy7ue]

it's amazing that anyone ever figured out the connection , but has anyone ever figured out HOW ?!

[@EVILAKUMA]

The all wise creator of this universe / universes

[@baddbeliever]

We need large circular radiators to cool the water in those streams.

[@Tsamokie]

NO. We need to let nature take its course.

[@FlyTyer1948]

I understand the value of the dead salmon to the animals & ecology of the forests around the river system, but what is the value to the survival of the salmon species of having the die-off of all the spawning adults?

[@musingsofajay387]

o..o so that's how salmon looks like

[@thegamingdragontgd2587]

This is amazing that is a lot of salmon

[@chatriyagumpapong5609]

น่ารัก😁😊

[@user-rc5ky4bv4e]

NICE

[@teachatami45]

Human beings do everything it seems to destroy what they were given dominion

[@LeeDfined]

Some...not all

[@randyyun21]

1:31 I thought that was Eminem lol

[@kenjiborile1603]

Sashimi!!!

[@paradisegunshot]

so much food in one river... yum.

[@paradisegunshot]

dave hathaway and... you discovered it just now...?

[@shaunapinnock7303]

Omg, seeing that poor, silver coloured fish @3:19, mouth agape, in dire distress, taking it’s last few blinks before it’s inevitable death, made me so sad 😞.

[@owenkedas5022]

@Shauna Pinnock Fish don't blink

[@user-xm2qh3wg2u]

ปลาก็เลี้ยงไว้

[@ayushyapalsingh]

Never knew eminem is an expert on salmon! Crazy world we live in..

[@ichmillah3316]

✋🏾😭😭😂😂

[@famejay7318]

Soo pretty and red

[@DerekDrakes]

HOW DOES THE RECENT BREECH TO THE TAILING PONDS OF THAT MINING COMPANY AFFECTING THE SALMON?

[@lxwvandenberg]

WHY ARE WE YELLING!?!?

[@SlipKnotRicky]

lxwvandenberg Maybe it is so loud that he can't hear himself type.................lol

[@puffalump76]

+dave hathaway ok butt plugger

[@Alucard45000]

1:04 are fishing allowed during spawning? I though it wasn't. D:

[@Tsamokie]

Is* fishing

[@Alucard45000]

@@Tsamokie It took 5 months for anyone to notice :)

[@Tsamokie]

@@Alucard45000 See. You weren't forgotten.

[@abdeo777]

What location is this?

[@braistonswayze3726]

If I was there I'm going to ask can I hold a salmon

[@lindanorris3226]

WOOOOOOOOOOW 🤗💫🌏

[@samallardyce2522]

the "L" in Salmon is silence when pronouncing it 🤗

[@PAULO-dx2zs]

Belu Pilem its american english so it is salmon not sa'mon because sa'mon is british

[@ferdinandapostol2832]

Salmon (sal-mon) .. Here in the Philippines

[@PAULO-dx2zs]

LOL. yung salmon sa amin sardinas.

[@tessawoodyard1182]

@@ferdinandapostol2832 I'm half Filipino

[@ktxiong5192]

Can’t you just fish for them while spawning??? I mean like is it illegal?

[@aflockofbeagles8219]

Spawned out fish are gross and only good for crab bait 🦀

[@lainefyke2012]

They deteriorate in freshwater and are better for consumption if caught in seawater

[@NicoleBentley-xv5il]

I thought God created the kidney amazingly but the salmon is a whole other level

[@Smashingpumpins]

FUKN BEAUTIFUL ❤️

[@RandomThoughts77777]

Amen Alléluia

[@cabincrittersenthusiast1177]

i want to see the salmon where should i go and when

[@windburnteskimo5134]

Before its too late.

[@Murlockingqc]

Is this real life ? National Geographic 4 minutes video :O Someone pinch me!

[@unknownguy3852]

Pinches*

[@kingsleyikenna7794]

So beautiful... I hope that one day, Africans would value the gift of nature given to us.

[@muhamadjayidjidan7558]

Amen

[@elyasmosvi6621]

these caracation Allah subha talla carite with Knowledge

[@user-yq8eb3rf4k]

ได้ดูคลิปนี้จาก หนังสือโครงการKKU เลยนะเนี่ย

[@Arihcnawhk]

Rada onpimp ตอบว่าไงล่ะ555 ร.ร. ได้เขียนตอบมั้ย

[@user-yq8eb3rf4k]

ไม่ ขอโทษ นะค่ะ รร หนองหินวิทรึป่าวค่ะ

[@Arihcnawhk]

ไม่จ้ะ ร.ร. ชนบทศึกษา จ.ขอนแก่น ค่ะ

[@deadlynight4765]

ไม่ต่างกันค่ะ 😂😂😂😂

[@stancravitystanizone3201]

เหมือนกันเลย555

[@RasKay09]

Salmons also vote every 4 years... amazingly during election years 😋

[@user-xm2qh3wg2u]

รอเข้าโอเชี่ยน

[@doctordl7757]

Futurama bought me here

[@ChefOrelleYoung]

1:32 Aaron “Slim Shady” Hill

[@imsurprised9374]

Omg :o

[@zer0gravity329]

What the F Aaron Hill look a like EMINEM

[@veta4572]

how do they count them

[@scottcarpenter6491]

Are the orange things tags?

[@EVILAKUMA]

Sooo...all this miraculous creations are just an accident? I don't think so. All in the creators wisdom