Salmon
🐟 Fun Facts About the Atlantic Salmon! 🐟
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The Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) is native to Ireland and swims in the River Clare.
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People have been fishing for salmon in Galway since at least the 12th century!
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A baby salmon is called a fry, and in Irish, salmon is called “bradán.”
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Salmon are amazing travellers! They migrate from rivers to the sea and back again!
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They return to their home river to lay eggs in gravel nests called redds during winter.
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When young salmon leave the river, they’re only about 6 inches long!
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After 1–2 years at sea, they come back much bigger—some weigh up to 25 pounds!
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A salmon’s tail helps it swim strongly, and it uses its sense of smell to find its way home!
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Salmon have four fins, two gills, and speckled silver bodies.
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They are carnivores, which means they eat shrimp, squid, and small fish.
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Salmon live and swim in groups called schools.
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They’re active day and night, making them both diurnal and nocturnal!
The Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) is native to Ireland and swims in the River Clare.
People have been fishing for salmon in Galway since at least the 12th century!
A baby salmon is called a fry, and in Irish, salmon is called “bradán.”
Salmon are amazing travellers! They migrate from rivers to the sea and back again!
They return to their home river to lay eggs in gravel nests called redds during winter.
When young salmon leave the river, they’re only about 6 inches long!
After 1–2 years at sea, they come back much bigger—some weigh up to 25 pounds!
A salmon’s tail helps it swim strongly, and it uses its sense of smell to find its way home!
Salmon have four fins, two gills, and speckled silver bodies.
They are carnivores, which means they eat shrimp, squid, and small fish.
Salmon live and swim in groups called schools.
They’re active day and night, making them both diurnal and nocturnal!
Inscription on information board: The Atlantic Salmon (salmo salar) is native to the River Clare. Records show people fishing for salmon in Galway since the 12th century and probably earlier. Salmon spawn here in wintertime, laying their egg in gravel nests called redds. The juvenile fish migrate to sea about 6 inches long, usually at 2 years old, and return after 1 or 2 years at sea, weighing between 4lbs and 25lbs.
The Salmon is a native animal to Ireland. A salmon has four fins. It is medium size. Its colour is sliver. It has two gills. A salmon has a tail used for swimming. It has a specked bod. A salmon is a fish. Salmon live in the rivers around Ireland. There are lots in the River Clare near us. A salmon comes out in day and night. Salmon do migrate from rivers to the sea. A salmon is a carnivore and eats shrimp, squid and fish. They live in groups called schools. A baby salmon is called a fry. It is called bradán in Irish. I have seen a salmon when I caught one fishing. Salmon have a really strong sense of smell. By Tom, Milltown NS, 2022.
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