### animal | vertebrate | fish:

Salmon
* All salmon carry the bacteria that cause the kidney disease
  - have to migrate through the Columbia River estuary, which is rife with predators
  - spend part of their life in fresh water and part of their life in the ocean
* Many salmon die returning to their place of birth
  - face extinction in the wild
  - feed in the ocean for over four years then return to spawn in Olympic's forested rivers
  - follow the circular flow of ocean currents
* Most salmon are known as fish
* Most salmon are located in rivers
  - streams
  - die after spawning
* Most salmon eat food
  - krill
  - encounters fungi during their various life stages
* Most salmon enter oceans
  - go to oceans
  - has-part fins
* Most salmon have acid levels
  - bellies
  - distinctive noses
  - fatty acid levels
  - razor teeth
  - red color
  - sacs
  - silvery sides
  - skin color
  - yolk sacs
* Most salmon live in different habitats
  - ponds
  - salt water
  - make waste
* Most salmon occur in fisheries
  - raised on farms are of the Atlantic variety, which grows faster than Pacific salmon
* Most salmon reach adulthood
  - maturity
  - sexual maturity
* Most salmon require habitats
* Some salmon are located in lakes
  - come from oceans
  - die in sea
* Some salmon eat fish
* Some salmon enter open oceans
  - feed in habitats
  - find in lakes
* Some salmon give birth to offspring
  - has-part stomachs
* Some salmon have black spots
  - dark spots
  - enzymes
  - large black spots
  - substances
* Some salmon live in Asia
  - bays
  - regions
  - migrate hundreds of miles up river
  - play in oceans
  - reach mouths
* Some salmon sharks maintain body temperature
  - swim in lakes
  - travel thousands of miles out into the north Pacific
* adapt to environments.
* are favorite foods among bears, seals, sharks, dolphins, and, of course, humans
  - great food fish
* attract bears.
* become fish.
* catch in fisheries.
* come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors.
* feed in lakes
  - on crustaceans, amphipods and various insects in the sea
* has-part backs
* hatch in streams or the upper courses of rivers and migrate to the ocean.
* have ability
  - food sac when they're still young
  - hook noses
  - mild taste
* have silvery sides
  - skin with spotted back and fins
* includes brains
  - cytoplasm
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - tail fins
* is food
  - part of salmon
* lay eggs.
* migrate to oceans
* need cool water
  - oxygenate water
* possess proteins
* prefer water.
* provide food
* return to creeks
  - natal streams
* seek streams.
* serve as fish.
* swim in oceans
* thrive in waterways.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | salmon:

Adult salmon
* Most adult salmon reach maturity.
* have sides

### animal | vertebrate | fish | salmon:

Atlantic salmon
* Many Atlantic salmon make their migratory journey and spawn two or three times.
* Some atlantic salmon have black spots
* are a national birthright
  - among the most acrobatic of all gamefish
  - anadromous and have a complex life history
  - another anadromous species
  - even worse off than their Pacific cousins
  - famous for their ability to buck the current
  - part of atlantic salmon
  - susceptible to numerous bacterial, viral, and fungal diseases
* have silvery to yellowish brown sides with dark spots.
* inhabit coastal water on both sides of the North Atlantic.
* is marketed as fresh fish but some is now being canned.
* live in the northern Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of North America and Europe.
* require a diet high in protein and lipids.
* return to natal streams
* spend between one and four years at sea.