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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sockeye salmon are reddish pink. That's always what I thought the association was.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sockeye aren't red most of their lives. Just when they return to fresh water on their endeavor to reproduce. ( die)

I find it interesting that their heads turn a different color than their body.