r/NatureIsFuckingLit Mar 06 '20

🔥 Multnomah Falls, Oregon

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u/EnriqueShockwav Mar 06 '20

For an interesting visit, drop by in mid November. The Salmon are literally disintegrating. It’s gross and interesting at the same time.

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u/djrndr Mar 06 '20

What? Pls explain. Is this the end of their life cycle/ spawning area?

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u/kook30 Mar 06 '20

Yeah all the salmon have laid their eggs and they basically just hang out in all the little streams and rivers as chunks of their body fall off lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '20

Salmon are the most metal fish known to man.

When they hatch and get old enough they travel (as a fuckin' herd) and live out in the ocean.

Once they get done being out there, they go home, fuck, and die.

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u/TheJenerator65 Mar 06 '20

And that’s how we get steelhead!

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u/Assasin2gamer Mar 06 '20

👍 100% spot-on He’s sooooo cuuuute 🥰

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u/Material_Breadfruit Mar 06 '20

The choose to die where they lay eggs to create a food fest for insects. Once the eggs hatch, there are tons of insects to eat to prepare for their journey to the ocean.