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Females are called "does" or "hens". Males are called "bucks" or "cocks".
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What is the Spawning area of Salmon called?
redd
Is post spawning salmon called a celt?
not quite the answer is KELT
A salmons nest is called a?
A "salmon nest" is properly referred to as a salmon spawning bed.
What is the behavior that draws salmon back to the stream of its birth called?
Spawning
What is a female salmon called?
A female salmon is called a hen.
What is a sentence using the word spawning?
Salmon are plentiful in these rivers when they are spawning.
What does a spawning salmon eat?
Nothing.
What are spawning grounds?
spawning grounds are where salmon and other fish lay their eggs
What time of the year do bears eat salmon?
Bears eat salmon they catch while the salmon are traveling upstream to their spawning grounds. The 'spawning run' for most North American salmon species starts in late spring or early summer and ends in the fall, October or November, in most spawning grounds.
What do salmon eat when spawning?
the mother dies
Where do salmon go after they spawn?
After spawning salmon deteriorate rapidly as their bodies have lost a lot of corticosteroids during spawning.This is called programmed aging. Most adult salmon die in the streams they were born in.
Do salmon die after they lay their eggs?
Salmon die after spawning due to exhaustion and malnutrition. As most salmon are sea fish, the environment of the creeks and streams are poisonous to them and they are unable to feed as they swim up stream. By the time they get to the spawning grounds they have used up their stores of energy and cannot get back to the sea.
