It can take a sockeye salmon up to seven years to become fully mature. The fish then makes the hazardous journey back to the river where it was born to breed, and then dies.
Existence is full of dangers for adolescent sockeyes. Initially, the eggs could be consumed by amphibian bugs and alternate creatures even before they hatch. These and different predators will go after the infants once they do incubate. As the toddlers develop, yet more predators take their toll, incorporating fish-consuming birds.All the aforementioned dangers and more are encountered even after the little fish compass the relative protection of the ocean, an adventure that takes one to
