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coloured and distorted as they prepare for spawning, they battle their way past riffles and chutes, until they arrive at a familiar stretch of riverbed. here, the males battle for the right to fertilize the females, and the females batter their bodies as they dig redds in the gravel in preparation for egg-laying
. when they are spent, their carcasses lie rotting along the riverbanks, providing food for scavenging birds and mammals, and cycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. in time, the eggs hatch, and a new generation of tiny salmon begins the cycle again. the spring or chinook salmon, o. tschawytscha,...
http://britishcolumbia.com/things-to-do-and-see/wildlife-viewing/pacific-salmon-spawning/
coloured and distorted as they prepare for spawning, they battle their way past riffles and chutes, until they arrive at a familiar stretch of riverbed. here, the males battle for the right to fertilize the females, and the females batter their bodies as they dig redds in the gravel in preparation for egg-laying
. when they are spent, their carcasses lie rotting along the riverbanks, providing food for scavenging birds and mammals, and cycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. in time, the eggs hatch, and a new generation of tiny salmon begins the cycle again. the spring or chinook salmon, o. tschawytscha,...
https://britishcolumbia.com/things-to-do-and-see/wildlife-viewing/pacific-salmon-spawning/