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Salmon hatches out of eggs swims out of river/lake to the ocean to another river. and restarts

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they are both cause they are born in freshwater and then when they are big enough they swim to the ocean then when they spawn then go to the exact place they were born

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Is salmon fresh or salt water fish?

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