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kulahanyesterday at 3:18 AM1 replyview on HN

It's kind of hilarious to me that the female watches the males fight to the point that she doesn't even watch her own eggs. I wonder how long these jacks have been around?


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gus_massayesterday at 11:01 AM

IANAB IIRC salmons lay the eggs is swallow holes in a quiet part of the river. She is problably thinking that those idiots are going to spill the eggs and they will be drafted by the water and die, so she has to try to keep the fight away.