T1B41

When we were at the salmon run my dad and I both wondered why there were so many obstacles for the fish to cross. There was a mini waterfall at every other bend, and at the other ones there were bigger waterfalls. My dad said it might have been because they only wanted the stronger salmon to make it all the way, so the next generation of salmon were also strong. I think he was right, although I don't know if salmon genes get passed on in their offspring. 

Okay, I've just searched it up. Yes, they DO get passed on. Apparently in Norwegian rivers, the farmed salmon have been escaping and spawning with the wild salmon that could cause weakened salmon populations. There can be all sorts of problems caused by farmed salmon interbreeding with wild salmon such as less genetic variety, etc.

I don't really understand it all.

Also, this article was published I don't know when, so it could be pretty old.

It's still totally relevant and interesting though, because I think that by producing such a complicated course for salmon to swim through, they may be encouraging not just strength, but also they kill a LOT of salmon throughout this process, because if they are tired and can't swim anymore, they just dwindle there and the people at the farm just throw them away when they're dead. Which is really sad, and seems like it could have a negative effect somehow on salmon population/traits.

T1B40

My dad was wondering why some of the salmon we saw were so vividly red. I thought it was because of spawning.

HAHA! I WAS RIGHT!

Apparently, salmon turn pink during spawning season to indicate to their potential mates that they are of the same species and ready to spawn.

I actually totally didn't know that, I guessed randomly because a lot of species change when it is mating season. 

Also, salmon turn whitish when they die, which is kind of sad, but I saw a whole bunch of dead salmon at the sides of the rivers, and this one person who I think worked there was just picking them out and I was like HOW IS THAT FAIR, that so many salmon die and the strong ones get to spawn and everybody else just stays all sad and lonely and might possibly die because they jumped over the wrong side of the river, ran out of air, and didn't have enough oxygen to make it back.

POOR SALMON THAT DON'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY...

And I might also mention that during my entire time at watching, I didn't see one single salmon (okay I saw one) make it all the way up to the biggest and last waterfall. :( I saw a whole bunch thrashing when they started slipping and some of the slipped and some of them didn't. During the very first bit when I think the salmon are tested first, there are 5 barriers in a row, and I saw some of the salmon leaping those successfully. I caught a few good pictures of them leaping like ACTUALLY IN MIDAIR, like you see on those salmon watching brochures, except mine are kind of blurry and aren't as bright and attractive looking.

T1B39

I saw the salmon run today at Weaver Creek, and that place a bit underneath it though I don't know what that bit was called, and it was so dang far away. The salmon were selected by people who worked in the place, and a ratio of about 3 males to 2 females is consistent. Only the salmon allowed passage into their facilities spawned there, others were either put back in the holding tank or released to spawn naturally. We watched the salmon climbing up the winding thing that mildly resembled a shallow curving river, and there were dying salmon all along the way, too tired to continue swimming, but there were many that did make it to the final mini waterfall. I'll post more on the trip later, because my brain is just BURSTING with facts, but I'll try to keep this short and sweet so it doesn't get boring (although I personally really like the salmon life cycle now that I've learned a little about it).

T1B37 & B38

ITS OUT ITS OUT ITS OUT!!!

AND I GOT IT I GOT IT I GOT IT!!!

FOUR DAYS LATER BUT I GOT IT!!!

THE HOUSE OF HADES!!!

CELEBRATION~

T1B35 and B36

I forgot to blog yesterday.

Riddle of the day from Riddle.com:

Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May, 1978, at 12:34 am. What was it?

The answer:

At that moment, the time and day could be written as 12:34, 5/6/78.

It's easy, but its fun :).

T1B34

OH MY GOD THE HOUSE OF HADES IS OUT TODAY THE HOUSE OF HADES IS OUT TODAY THE HOUSE OF HADES IS OUT TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~HAPPY DAY ~HAPPY DAY ~HAPPY DAY

I've been waiting since LAST October for the House of Hades to come out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*EXCITEMENT*

I JUST LOVE THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS SERIES!!!!!!

THEY ARE MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE BOOKS, RIGHT UP THERE WITH HARRY POTTER!!!

PLUS THEY ARE MYTHOLOGY BOOKS!!!!!

ALL OF RICK RIORDAN'S MYTHOLOGY BOOKS ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!

PLUS I LOVE GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY!!!!

AND EGYPTIAN!!!!!

AND NORSE, ONCE RICK RIORDAN STARTS WRITING ABOUT THOSE TOO!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Sorry. Rant of excitement over.

T1B33

Awesome riddle I found on Yahoo Answers (not mine): There are people trapped on an island with no mirrors or anything to see their own reflections. They have no way to communicate with eachother except they can all understand the leader who rarely speaks. 100 of them have brown eyes, 100 have blue eyes, and the leader has green eyes. In order to escape the island, a person has to figure out his own eye color (This person cannot use communication or reflection to do it) and leaves the island that night. Everyone knows everybody else's eye color but don't know their own (for all they know, there could be 99 people with brown eyes and 101 with blue). Keep in mind, they all think alike and are perfect logicians. One day, the leader says "I can see someone with brown eyes". How many people leave the island? (Hint: on what night did they leave the island?) 

It's math.

The answer? Here it is: 100 brown eyed people leave on the hundredth night. Think of it logically. If there was 1 brown eyed, 1 blue eyed, and 1 green eyed with the same question, the brown eyed person would immediately leave on the first night because he knows he is the only possibility. If there was 2 brown and 2 blue, they would wait one night, and then one brown eyed guy would realize that the other one didnt leave and realize he has brown eyes because thats the only reason the other guy didnt leave. So two leave on the second night. If there was 3 and 3, they would leave on the third night. This can go on up until 100. 

I just found this and I thought it was really interesting, so I posted it.