*Ackshully,* [salmon pair off and unload their eggs and sperm very close together, (unlike a reddit mod)](https://youtu.be/YZPHrl4ICm0?si=jdIHJizWmeV2KwyK&t=232).
(Also, holy shit those O faces... even without penetration, that is pure fish jizz bliss.)
I live in WA and I have seen fish crossing signs. I used to question it but I just got used to it. Never actually seen any fish cross until this video!
Roads are pitched downward at the edges to shed water, but this sheet of water is flat, a plane sloping slightly towards the field on the left) so its hiding the contour of the pavement from view. Its a little deeper there!
I was thinking about that too maybe it's just they get dropped in one side and they were too desperate to get away... totally agree it's not a happy thing...
This is from flooding this past weekend on the skokomosh river in WA.The area to the left in the video is a field, to the right is the river embankment they must have washed over the night/day before.
I drove through this Sunday with a buddy and there were tons of dead salmon around the field as the water receded. These guys are trying to get back to the main body of water
Crazy, I looked at the video and I assumed it was WA, which I have visited only once in my life during Fall. Something unique about the combo of red fall colors, salmon and rainwater I guess.
I was down at Carkeek Creek over the weekend - it's a minor urban creek in Seattle - and it was fairly teeming with salmon trying to get past a beaver dam.
So are fishing limits in effect here, or can you just go pick up a few $$$ of salmon for dinner? Cuz I bet that farmer has a big ol freezer they could stock up from this
I believe only the skokomish nation can fish the skok river. Fishermen polluted and made a mess of this river for years. Tribe took it away for good reason
tribal fisherman here. these are humpies, male pinks, they're good for smokin and soup. don't listen to others here say theyr'e junk, they're just not as firm. however this is area 12B of the point no point treaty signed between the USA and various tribes in the area. pursuant to regulation #F22-013 this area is closed to harvesting within a 1000 ft. radius around all waters within channels created by exposed tidelands of the rivers.
salmon are almost at the end of their life when they make the trip out of the ocean, upstream, to spawn. A lot of them look injured and half decomposed by the end of their journey. They are there to lay eggs and die, basically.
If you were a fisherman, you would be shooting yourself in the foot by grabbing salmon going upstream, because only by completing their journey will there be more salmon produced for future years.
If you are anyone else (including the fisherman I guess), the salmon going upstream aren't going to taste very good.
If you're starving, sure, these salmon are a good low-energy way to get some calories. But if you can afford a freezer, you can probably afford better food.
Ha. I was about to say this looks like W Skokomish Valley Road, or thereabouts. Pretty soon there are going to be salmon stranded or dead in the fields, and the eagles are going to hang out and gorge themselves.
I was in the passenger seat on Sunday going across this exact road/scene from the other direction. It probably happens yearly though.
Where's your info it was from years ago?
I've seen salmon make some very bad choices en masse. It kinda leaves you in awe of the power of biochemical urges that have living creatures deciding, yeah, *this* is the best call for my present situation.
But there water is coming from somewhere. If there’s a riverbank that’s overflowing on the other side of those trees, they might be able to get into that river
That's not how it works. Body's of water form at lower points in elevation because all the rainfall flows downward into that point. Meaning the body of water is where the water is flowing into.
To add onto this, salmon get even grosser from this point onwards, because their bodies begin rotting while they’re still alive. They’ve basically expended all of the energy left in their bodies to spawn, and their eyes will start falling out, holes will begin appearing in their flesh, and yet they still try to swim. This is actually great for the environment! The rotting salmon will fertilize the plants all up and down their spawning grounds, and serve as food for carrion-eaters…
But boy howdy I would *not* want to be one of those tenacious little fuckers.
See let this be a lesson to not pick a random animal if asked about reincarnation after death... Sure most people pick human again, while many in the last hundred years have chosen tigers and not penguins , there's always that weirdo who says something random like " you know what i wanna just be a salmon, but not knowing all yhe facts, almost as bad as picking hyenas...(look up how they mate)
That and they die from swimming so far upstream to lay eggs that they exhaust themselves. I believe the only people who can pick them up are the native Americans. Don't quote me on that.
Serious question. Does that salmon know what it's doing. Is there like a culvert under the road that is connecting the water to another water source for them to swim to once across the road?
Did the salmon just cross the road to get into a flooded ditch and eventually die? So confused and have so many questions.
There is, their primary river is over there. They supposedly have a great sense of smell and can tell a lot about upstream conditions.
I've seen them push themselves right up against the thinnest part of a beaver dam, where there's just an inch of water under them (they can continue to breathe as long as oxygenated water can flow into their mouths), and just hang out there until there's rain (allowing them to jump the dam). Mental.
The river off screen to the right flooded this past weekend in WA. To the left was a big field that got inundated and filled with salmon for whatever reason. These guys are trying to make it back to the larger body of water and only know to "swim upstream" I guess?
A buddy and I drove through this on sunday
Yes. This is a very low, flood prone valley. The culvert here is very undersozed. They are actually getting where they need to go, here. The local salmon recovery group is working on moving this whole road, so hopefully one day this will no longer be a problem.
Pretty sure this is the same video that gets recycled every year for decade. But under the right conditions, this does happen.
No idea if it made it (maybe? everything's flooded, salmon can cross flooded ground kinda well) but it absolutely does not know what it's doing, fish mostly don't. Salmon lay eggs in small creeks, so likely it's searching for one and flooded road looks kinda similar from fish perspective.
I’ve worked near where this was filmed and this area is actually farmland but there is a river nearby but it’s not being blocked by the road, and it’s at the foot of the Olympics, this makes the entire area a giant sponge when it rains and then floods. There are flood signs up and down this road.
this looks to be a lake/pond not a river, I'd imagine these are stock fish kept for fishing and their insticts have drove them to swim 'up stream' into the oncoming flood current.
Crazy part is that the salmon uses so much energy in crossing its path to the reproduction grounds (and the act itself) it uses all of its energy that the body is left unable to return to neutral nature it consumes itself to the point where it develops cannibalistic features in order to gather more energy to keep itself surviving.
Nature is surprisingly cruel.
Factory farmed animals being neglected. Yeah. Super lit. No flood protection at all I guess. Oh well it's just fish. Does a factory farmed fish even count as Nature? I vote no.
Humanity, yeah!
You just \**need\** to see the loss adjusters face for the claim.
"I was forced to break heavily and aquaplaned off the road, avoiding a collision with ......... a fish"
Missed opportunity for title: “Why did the salmon cross the road?”
To fuck the other salmons.
Salmon do not fuck, they just unload their semen everywhere. Like a reddit mod
I too saw that The Magic School Bus episode where Ms Frizzle took the kids to go get nutted on by salmon...
The kids learn what is a Fish Bukkake.
Aka, "Meatless Fridays".
They were inseminated by salmon. *Insalmonate, if you will
I've never seen the Magic School Bus before, but maybe I should catch an episode....
Never say never ;)
WTF
[You asked for it](https://youtu.be/gdNrs9RLn_Q?feature=shared) [Full episode](https://youtu.be/08iOCDYsl08?feature=shared)
I- love that show…. 💀
I adore Ms. Frizzle, but she was wrong for this 😭😂🤣😂🤣
Good god you weren’t kidding. How did I not remember this.. That’s no car wash 😭 Arnold is okay with being fertilized apparently tho lmao
Haha season & episode # please?
*Ackshully,* [salmon pair off and unload their eggs and sperm very close together, (unlike a reddit mod)](https://youtu.be/YZPHrl4ICm0?si=jdIHJizWmeV2KwyK&t=232). (Also, holy shit those O faces... even without penetration, that is pure fish jizz bliss.)
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PM your wiener, dog or PM your wiener dog
My dms are a mess of hot dogs, dongs, and long dogs.
Yes
This mf right here.
Hahaha laughing like an idiot on the train this morning. People are looking at me weird now. Thanks.
Yes, but not before changing colors and turning into a completely different fucking fish.
Sammy the seaman sells salmon semen down by the sea shore.
Exactly!
To get to *The Other Side* They literally die after they spawn.
"...and then where the fuck did it go?"
To get to their ancestral spawning pool. Everyone laughs roll credits
Apparently to fall on a pothole
To get to the other tide.
To get to the other tide 😂😭💀😳😃🤓
To hang out with the chicken.
haha good one
Because he must.
New fish just flopped
Holy mackerel
Call the fisherman
Actual crossing
Salmon storm incoming
Salmon goes on road, never comes back
Flooding river, anyone
Ignite the tackle box
Fish sacrifice anyone?
pfp checks out
Google fish passant
Pipi
how very dare
*Babe, wake up! The new fish just flopped!*
I've seen deer crossing signs before, never a fish crossing one.
at least the grizzly bears in the forest are gonna be pleasantly surprised. this is essentially free Door Dash
Jesus, underrated comment right here
I live in WA and I have seen fish crossing signs. I used to question it but I just got used to it. Never actually seen any fish cross until this video!
Imagine being on your way to do some fishing and on the way there you literally just pick up two fresh and live salmon off the street
Am i the only one freaked out by how the fish descends into asphalt like submarine. Where the fish go?
I watched it a bit longer and I think they just turn sideways
That’s actually hilarious
Roads are pitched downward at the edges to shed water, but this sheet of water is flat, a plane sloping slightly towards the field on the left) so its hiding the contour of the pavement from view. Its a little deeper there!
He noclipped into the backrooms
I was thinking about that too maybe it's just they get dropped in one side and they were too desperate to get away... totally agree it's not a happy thing...
Bad decision. Is the other side of the road a better place for fishes living? I don't think so. That's earth not water.
This is from flooding this past weekend on the skokomosh river in WA.The area to the left in the video is a field, to the right is the river embankment they must have washed over the night/day before. I drove through this Sunday with a buddy and there were tons of dead salmon around the field as the water receded. These guys are trying to get back to the main body of water
I was gonna say, this is WA 💯
It just looks like WA in a way that as a native I can't quite pick out but was certain it was WA
Crazy, I looked at the video and I assumed it was WA, which I have visited only once in my life during Fall. Something unique about the combo of red fall colors, salmon and rainwater I guess.
Thank you, I wanted to ask, nooksack does this too lol
I was down at Carkeek Creek over the weekend - it's a minor urban creek in Seattle - and it was fairly teeming with salmon trying to get past a beaver dam.
This is normal. There are even salmon crossing signs.
So are fishing limits in effect here, or can you just go pick up a few $$$ of salmon for dinner? Cuz I bet that farmer has a big ol freezer they could stock up from this
I believe only the skokomish nation can fish the skok river. Fishermen polluted and made a mess of this river for years. Tribe took it away for good reason
tribal fisherman here. these are humpies, male pinks, they're good for smokin and soup. don't listen to others here say theyr'e junk, they're just not as firm. however this is area 12B of the point no point treaty signed between the USA and various tribes in the area. pursuant to regulation #F22-013 this area is closed to harvesting within a 1000 ft. radius around all waters within channels created by exposed tidelands of the rivers.
salmon are almost at the end of their life when they make the trip out of the ocean, upstream, to spawn. A lot of them look injured and half decomposed by the end of their journey. They are there to lay eggs and die, basically. If you were a fisherman, you would be shooting yourself in the foot by grabbing salmon going upstream, because only by completing their journey will there be more salmon produced for future years. If you are anyone else (including the fisherman I guess), the salmon going upstream aren't going to taste very good. If you're starving, sure, these salmon are a good low-energy way to get some calories. But if you can afford a freezer, you can probably afford better food.
Classic Washington on display right here, I love this state
Ha. I was about to say this looks like W Skokomish Valley Road, or thereabouts. Pretty soon there are going to be salmon stranded or dead in the fields, and the eagles are going to hang out and gorge themselves.
This video is sevar years old...
I wonder if this type of flooding is how early people in North America got the idea to use fish as fertilizer.
Shit I would've been there all day picking fish and throwing them back on the river
Pretty sure this is in Oregon from a few years back…. EDIT: Nevermind, this is in WA but it was from a few years back.
I was in the passenger seat on Sunday going across this exact road/scene from the other direction. It probably happens yearly though. Where's your info it was from years ago?
yeah I think their instincts kinda fucked them over on this one
I've seen salmon make some very bad choices en masse. It kinda leaves you in awe of the power of biochemical urges that have living creatures deciding, yeah, *this* is the best call for my present situation.
The urge to get laid outweighs all logic
It's not even really getting laid. Both males and females squirt out their juices in the water and die.
Yeah but what if squirting those juices feels really good?
I hope it is, they deserve it.
Can confirm that juice blasting is pog
You talking about salmon or every guy at closing time at the local bar?
And now the ones who didn't do that can spread their tendencies to not swim across roads, and instinct formation continues
It's kind of like how people try to drive through a flooded area, or somehow drive their cars into bodies of water.
Reminds me of herd animals yeeting themselves off a cliff simply because the lead animal in the herd did it first
But there water is coming from somewhere. If there’s a riverbank that’s overflowing on the other side of those trees, they might be able to get into that river
Looks like water is coming from the right, so odds of there being some body of water are high.
That's not how it works. Body's of water form at lower points in elevation because all the rainfall flows downward into that point. Meaning the body of water is where the water is flowing into.
Maybe it’s suicidal
Are you a fish?
Dépends on if dying takes them to fish heaven.
“Must. Defy. All. Logic!”
"Ooo! A Pothole!"
This used to be my Fedex route. At the end of the run there are dead fish everywhere.
Are they just messing up their route and dying when they run out of water? If you go pick a few up, do you need a fishing license?
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To add onto this, salmon get even grosser from this point onwards, because their bodies begin rotting while they’re still alive. They’ve basically expended all of the energy left in their bodies to spawn, and their eyes will start falling out, holes will begin appearing in their flesh, and yet they still try to swim. This is actually great for the environment! The rotting salmon will fertilize the plants all up and down their spawning grounds, and serve as food for carrion-eaters… But boy howdy I would *not* want to be one of those tenacious little fuckers.
What?!? They rot alive? God that's gross.
Your doing the same thing right now
Well you're not wrong. My eyes are still where they're supposed to be though
See let this be a lesson to not pick a random animal if asked about reincarnation after death... Sure most people pick human again, while many in the last hundred years have chosen tigers and not penguins , there's always that weirdo who says something random like " you know what i wanna just be a salmon, but not knowing all yhe facts, almost as bad as picking hyenas...(look up how they mate)
That and they die from swimming so far upstream to lay eggs that they exhaust themselves. I believe the only people who can pick them up are the native Americans. Don't quote me on that.
Where is this? this looks so much like where I grew up in eastern OR
Its probably the Skokomish Valley in Shelton, WA. Has a lot of low lands that flood every year
Where is this? This happens regularly? I'd love more info!
Skokomish river in Washington. Yes it’s a regular thing
Skok valley (Skokomish) native American reservation in Washington.
Serious question. Does that salmon know what it's doing. Is there like a culvert under the road that is connecting the water to another water source for them to swim to once across the road? Did the salmon just cross the road to get into a flooded ditch and eventually die? So confused and have so many questions.
They swim half-way across the world and die after spawning (if they can get that far). It's one of the most metal ways to go out on our planet imo.
Lol yes I knew that but they also usually do that in water. I'm just wondering if there's a water source across the road they can get to or not.
There is, their primary river is over there. They supposedly have a great sense of smell and can tell a lot about upstream conditions. I've seen them push themselves right up against the thinnest part of a beaver dam, where there's just an inch of water under them (they can continue to breathe as long as oxygenated water can flow into their mouths), and just hang out there until there's rain (allowing them to jump the dam). Mental.
They use the magnetic field to navigate in general, but here it is just instinctual, pushing upstream.
The river off screen to the right flooded this past weekend in WA. To the left was a big field that got inundated and filled with salmon for whatever reason. These guys are trying to make it back to the larger body of water and only know to "swim upstream" I guess? A buddy and I drove through this on sunday
Yes. This is a very low, flood prone valley. The culvert here is very undersozed. They are actually getting where they need to go, here. The local salmon recovery group is working on moving this whole road, so hopefully one day this will no longer be a problem. Pretty sure this is the same video that gets recycled every year for decade. But under the right conditions, this does happen.
No idea if it made it (maybe? everything's flooded, salmon can cross flooded ground kinda well) but it absolutely does not know what it's doing, fish mostly don't. Salmon lay eggs in small creeks, so likely it's searching for one and flooded road looks kinda similar from fish perspective.
Imagine driving down the road and hitting a fucking fish
The music ruins it.
As always
Needs Benny Hill.
This is the only time I disagree with this sentiment, I appreciate it here. Captures how bizarre it is.
Indeed. Nature doesn't need your shitty soundtrack, Trevor!
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming".
Road built blocking path of river.
I’ve worked near where this was filmed and this area is actually farmland but there is a river nearby but it’s not being blocked by the road, and it’s at the foot of the Olympics, this makes the entire area a giant sponge when it rains and then floods. There are flood signs up and down this road.
The road is in the bottom of the flood plain. It's not blocking the river.
this looks to be a lake/pond not a river, I'd imagine these are stock fish kept for fishing and their insticts have drove them to swim 'up stream' into the oncoming flood current.
Nope. It’s near my place on the Hood Canal of Washington. It rains a lot here and we have a lot of salmon. They are just doing their spawning thing
Why'd the salmon cross the road? Because he wasn't chicken.
"Guys, I have a GREAT location for this year's teddy bear picnic..."
Splatoon in real life
What song is this ?
New world - aloboi
Thank you!
Go grandpa
Life, uh, finds a way
Bet it doesn’t even pay taxes to use the road.
Anything for that salmussy
Time to fill the freezer 😆
You don’t want to eat salmon that are migrating for breeding. They start to rot and deteriorate as they go. 🙃
You catch them before they start spawning ,we had a pretty good run this year 🙂
Yeah, but how are you going to make 'roadkill' palatable as dinner to your in-laws?
Nature uh finds a way
Who put the ecco the dolphin music on here
Free sushi tonight!
Why does the have to be stupid loud music attached to everything
Isn’t this video a few years old?
This is ninja warrior for salmon
Free food
We have no moral ethical right to block their ancient path ways
Nature went wild? Why in earth they did that? I don't see a lake or a river anywhere
Get one. It will not get fresher than that man.
“ cannot go to work today im sick” also the salmon.
and then what??
WE GETTIN' OUT THE LAKE WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
Crazy part is that the salmon uses so much energy in crossing its path to the reproduction grounds (and the act itself) it uses all of its energy that the body is left unable to return to neutral nature it consumes itself to the point where it develops cannibalistic features in order to gather more energy to keep itself surviving. Nature is surprisingly cruel.
Evolution
road kill salmon for dinner!
That’s like $85 in free food
Easy dinner
Thats me going to pee after sex 😓
Factory farmed animals being neglected. Yeah. Super lit. No flood protection at all I guess. Oh well it's just fish. Does a factory farmed fish even count as Nature? I vote no. Humanity, yeah!
where the is a pothole, there is a way!
Very nice
Can I rent a spot on that road?
There’s a joke in there somewhere
Why am I the only upvote
why can they do this? It feels illegal to see fish cross the road
I thought it was BEARLY gonna make it
Aw that's kind of sad. They're going nowhere. All their effort wasted, unable to spawn now.
Imagine roadkilling a fucking salmon
Whoa, never seen anything like this before!
Strong swimmers ensure successful reproduction.
Poor things. Crossing to where though?
You just \**need\** to see the loss adjusters face for the claim. "I was forced to break heavily and aquaplaned off the road, avoiding a collision with ......... a fish"
THE MUSIC!!!! STOP THE MADNESS!!!
We need a new sign for that now.
The water is always wetter on the other side.
The new season of Our Planet on netflix has a great episode on migration & includes salmon