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sharkfucker420 explains Salmon mating. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why do they have to go all the way back "home" to mate, though?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Probably because their offspring survive better in the freshwater streams than the ocean that they'll live in later in life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Evolution is a crazy bitch