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Wise Old Salmon - The Folklore
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Wise Old Salmon - The Folklore

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For the first four to six years of their lives, young salmon live in rivers. Their bodies then go through a change which allows them to live in salt water and it is then that they head out to sea. This process is called smoltifying. Their migration to the sea happens between March and June. They spend a year in the ocean before returning to the rivers a…

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