Friday, July 16, 2010

Sex That Salmon!

Here’s a little game I thought everyone might appreciate, sex the salmon! Part of our job when working up fish includes determining whether they are male or female, which, especially as spawning time draws closer, becomes easier and easier to do: males have HUGE Gonzo-like schnozes. These are used as weapons to fight over female nests for fertilizing rights. See if you can figure out which is which!



(Answer: Female on left, male on right)



1 comment:

  1. Glad you got this posting straightened out!!! Pretty interesting....I would've never guessed that's how you identified their sex!

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