Just imagine how much power it must take to swim across the road like that, with barely enough water to propel themselves. Survival of the fittest on display
...and these are spawned out zombie salmons, very weak, Silver Salmons in their prime will jump across this road accelarating from 0 to ~30 mph in 1-2 seconds.
???? Why exactly are you heartbroken This is the natural life of a salmon. They basically have the same kind of obstacles in the wild, except theyre not manmade...
I've been to the Alaska Fish and Hatchery. The water got low, Salmon came in, They had to get through the shallow beach to get to a water pipe and even then they had to jump up into the incoming stream in the pipe to further go into a small stream coming out of a waterfall. They were packed side by side. Seagulls lived off the bridge and there were eagles and occasionally bears coming in to feast. By the time i had to leave the water levels started to rise. Salmon come back to reproduce and die off where they were born. Its amazing how they retain their memory after a long life period of being in the ocean. They just somehow know where to go. Its such murky water, i dont know what kind of GPS they have, but it sure beats google Maps (I think).
@@sergeishu5380 The returning salmon can detect the distinctive chemical properties of their streams that they were born in and home right in on it……. “ Just follow your nose. “
As my computer programmer husband says, “They were programmed this way.” It’s literally in their programming. That’s how they know what to do and that’s what beats google maps. More evidence of Intelligent Design.
@@j.c.isking2165 @tymexcomputing Yes...Game Wardens are Federal Officers they enforce Fish and Game regulations and have lots of authority across jurisdictions. Now you know ✌️
@@TymexComputing yes i believe someone who looks out for human behaviour in nature. So for example checking on fishermen if they follow the rules. Sort of nature police lol
@@uncaringconch7jake682 Chum salmon preferred spawning habitat is dead water, you can find them in ditches, ponds or even flooded fields and so on. They’re going back to their native birthplace so probably some ditch nearby somewhere lol
@@johnrambo1349 the salmon meat is very lean because they stop eating and use up all their fat reserves for energy. they stop eating to make space for eggs and reproduction. the meat is more white than your regular pink or the desirable red colored salmon. so its really not that valuable. Although the meat is leaner its still not bad at all for eating, it just doesn't have that fat or desirable pink/red color that gives salmon its good taste, just tastes more bland. the salmon that really cost a lot are the silver ones with bright and deep orange, red, and pink colors with a lot of fat. those taste the best. this is also chum salmon so not as desirable as king, sockeye, and coho. But the same concept applies to king salmon when they are spawning. Spawning King Salmon Meat is not as valuable as a *Silver King Salmon that is actively feeding.
@@johnrambo1349these are chum! People feed them to their dogs! Wouldn’t be worth the fine you would get for doing so! Silver or chinook is where it’s at!
Chum salmon's preferred spawning habitat is "dead water" so you will see them in ditches, ponds, flooded fields and the such. These fish are likely near their natal spawning habitat of some ditch nearby.
Well from what I’ve gathered, the river just overflowed due to rain, but I think since they know this happens every year, why not do something to make it easier for the salmon.
There is a tunnel for them they're just choosing not to use it because the flooding gives them an alternate route that doesn't involve swimming through a dark tunnel that has a strong current.
They need to make that road with a slight dip so when it rains it will be easier for the salmon to cross or make a salmon tunnel and also put up a salmon crossing sign. I really enjoyed this video nature is truly incredible I mean the salmon are literally crossing a street with pure strength. If I seen something like this Id be out there with a broom or something helping push them across.
So the river dlooded and the Salmon didnt follow it. They are struggling to get to the other side cause theres a road there which never used to be. The solution isnt getting rid of the road but rather changing that portion to be a bridge part and make a tunnel or a culvert
I have been watching salmon run so many times and this is the first time I see like this, crossing the road. Thanks to the motorists for being cautious and for slowing down.
There’s plenty of places for them to cross at and culverts for them to swim through Because the river flooded the culverts have a fast current so the fish choose not to use them, they’d rather go a route with less resistance, which happens to be over the road.
We have a similar spectacle in Australia most don't know about. The main highway in central Australia rarely floods but when it does, you'll see fish swimming over the roads in the middle of a red sandy desert. I've only seen it once and couldn't believe my eyes.
I never knew salmon looked so ominous! They’re tough little guys! Love this video! They’re smarter and more resilient than human stupidity! Thanks for sharing!
Salmon season is the smelliest haha. I grew up in Sultan (there are 3 rivers - the Skykomish, Sultan and Wallace) and it is so nasty in the fall, especially when they start rotting while still alive.
Man I couldn’t imagine growing up in such a beautiful place. I grew up in Arkansas and Texas and for the “natural state” Arkansas is pretty trashy, don’t get me wrong lots of beautiful nature also lots of discarded trash and lots of red necks that use their own yard as storage for all their trash. Huston was fine, but definitely still a bit trashy. lol at least people in Huston Texas know how to take a joke better than people in Arkansas or especially people in Oklahoma. People in Oklahoma get offended so easily it’s almost insane Looking at you, Roland Oklahoma.
@@howdyfolks5134for touching a salmon? What are you on? They couldve 1, put their phones down and thrown some fish. Or 2, stopped being parked in the middle of the road and moved on.
And you’d end up with a fine lol Btw those fish are spawning which means their meat will be lean and white instead of pink/reddish and won’t taste as good and the bread isn’t one of the good to eat salmon breeds
@jaybird209 there is already converts for the fish to use but because it flooded the culverts have a fast current so the fish choose a way that’s easier for them, which happens to be by going over the road.
Imagine you’re driving down the road and you see a *”Fish Crossing”* sign and you laugh thinking it’s a joke, but then straight up see salmon crossing the street.
There’s also culverts for the fish, they’re just not using them because the water flooded so much that they prefer to go over the road rather than through the fast currents in the culverts
I think they should create a depression in that patch so the water depth could be increased. They should also install some sensors that will signal the incoming vehicles to carefully pass through. I wonder why they are not using tech to assist thse little fishes? If they can make roads right in the center of their crossover why not they just assist them as well?
Life's a struggle.... celebrate it! Awe inspiring! Ive seen Salmon and Steelhead make it up a weir side on the bank in 4-5 inches of water only a foot wide...
I would say the road is a impediment to the fish and will be to the offspring and the issue should be addressed and fixed next summer when no migration.
@billpetersen298 they’re fine, this is how they are choosing to get to thier destination. But to answer your question, no, they don’t go back the way they came. When spawning they lay and fertilize all the eggs (then they typically don’t have the strength left to make the trip on the account that they’ve forgone eating), then the babies will repeat the cycle.
@@Vigorous_Potato I'm quite familiar with their life cycle. My comment was, it looks like they were off course, to get to the spawning beds. Because the flooding, sent them off into the woods, following slower flowing water.
lol there’s already culverts, it’s just that the flooding gives rough currents through the culverts so they choose to go over the road where there’s less resistance. Trust that animals know what way is best for them. Besides I’m pretty sure any injury they receive from the road would have been worse on the banks of a river Also this is the end of their life cycle they’re using the last of their strength to make it inland, have babies and pass away.
In Germany we collect toads every spring and carry them over the road to a lake where they were heading to. You guys are so proud on your salmon, so why don't you help them?
You’d be considered poaching or endangering them and it’s worse because they’re filled with eggs so they’d be extra hard on you about it. And this is honestly one of the easiest parts of their journey considering all they had to get through just to get to this road anyways. Also natural selection, if a fish was too weak to make it back to spawning grounds then it probably shouldn’t reproduce.
To be honest, this puts us humans to shame! For those sitting on their asses getting tech neck on their phones or spending hours gaming, this Fish are trying to SURVIVE. This is all about instinct, will, determination, etc. Some of us are tired just watching this struggle BUT there are doing it no matter what. Much respect Salmon. Sadly, I'll have one of their kinfolk on my dinner plate tomorrow as Honey Butter Salmon😬😬
this is why I hate seafood, fish don't know us, don't have any contact with us until they are dying, then we are these monsters that haunt their final moments. Humans Suck.
The public has ZERO idea the actual trouble salmon are in. Politicians have policy that circles around between the tribes, commercial guys, and WDFW. People neet to get more involved and wake up.
Oh, we know how much trouble they're in (none at all). It's just that we're not as vocal as the hippies, hence the destruction of our hydro dams and higher electricity bills. Yay..
Yes,usually nature is reasonably ‘soft’ and somewhat malleable,and you can work with/around it,but (apart from rocks maybe)manmade ‘artificial’ objects are very hard and unforgiving,and we put them in the way of nature,so all these creatures come a cropper!I think it’s good to help where we’ve made the natural world too difficult for animals🐠🐅🦓🐌🦎🐛🐡🦘🐙🪱
@@jacobdavidcunningham1440 they get cut up worse by the sharp river rocks these fish are doomed to die shortly. They will finish the trip have babies and die off, would happen regardless of the road and the roads probably actually easier to cross than some of the obstacles they crossed just to get to this point.
Yes, but if the water is running over the road deep enough they do this!, where the 101 crosses the river it's very low and close to sea level, I've seen this several times over the years!
@@208flatheads3 you can't give up on the fish just because you don't like a person 😔 They should do something, if they don't then the state should step in.... You shouldn't say screw it just because it's one kink in the line.... Try to unravel the kink!
They can’t at least help them out and add a detour? This is the only option??? Please educate me, will all the salmon die anyway after spawning? I don’t get it.
Salmon lay their eggs and die pretty much directly after. Their trek back from the Pacific takes all the energy they have out of them. Some of them start rotting before they even reach their spawning grounds. It quite literally takes every last bit of their energy.
Most of them are going to d i e shortly after crossing that road. It’s way too exhausting for them. Look how they’re just there trying to regain their energy. Did anyone call Department of Fish and Game/wild life to stop traffic for at least a few minutes? Or at least to transport them into an actual stream/river?
@@libertyforall5764 believe this specific crossing was in DC but there actually a handful of states they’ll cross in They’ll die regardless of the road, this is the end of their life cycle. Go back to native spawning ground, have babies, die. Chum salmon like dead water so they’re probably going to the ditch, pond, flooded field or so on, that they were born in.
The locals are used to it? That's kind of hard to watch for me. They're struggling so hard, I feel bad for them. Want to stand there with a hose or dig a trench or something.
@@no_regerts5176 Are they even able to reach the river again? It looks as if they were just gathered in a flooded low lying point on the other side of the road.
@@countessk nope! these type of fish will find a pond or a deep ditch. the offspring will then go to the river on another flood this is perfectly normal for these fish......
@@jamesraj6531 there are, they won’t use them if it floods. Too fast of a current plus they can just do this, which compared to their journey just to get here, is the easy part.
I EAT a lot of salmon after my workout. Why can’t this crossing be near my house? In Boston, salmon is $7.99 per pound. I have a huge freezer in my basement.
You're funny. This is how salmon spawn. Watch some salmon videos. This particular species of salmon is known to spawn in flooded ditches and Fields. It just so happens that they're trying to cross the road. A flooded road. This is easy swimming compared to what the river has to offer.
Animals are weird, so they very well might be trying to get to a new body of water that they instinctually know is there. Notice that they’re not leaving the other side… fish always move to-and-fro.
Give Mother Nature some credit this is what they do when there’s lots of water just fish being fish. Why do people who know very little always assume the evil humans did this . These fish aren’t dumb. That’s not an evil road. Calm down and enjoy the video 🌲
Floods make the culverts have rough, fast moving currents so the fish are choosing to ignore that path and take a path of less resistance, which happens to be the road.
The Salmon have more than enough "horsepower" to get up and over the roadways current with ease and then some. Problem is as the water falls off the road and drops in elevation it creates a condition very similar to a "Lowhead Dam" that drowns so many people every year. And their propulsion fin is cavitating just like the Chinese Sandboats do crossing a dam. In a modern Ski-Boat, the motor would be revving up high here but the boat going nowhere. Once past the cavitation issue even with the added drag of the shallow water the Salmon easily propel themselves forward and onward to their destination ...
I never thought we'd need salmon crossing signs 🤷♀
They should build a bridge just for Salmon
We should build salmon schools and salmon homeless shelters
Not just bro it's humanity
More like a sign for… FREE FOOD!!! SASHIMI AND POKE BABY!!!
Just build a tunnel under the road, like a normal rainwater pipe. Would be an easy task :D
Just imagine how much power it must take to swim across the road like that, with barely enough water to propel themselves.
Survival of the fittest on display
they got equal power of the sun within them!
God designed them. SCINTILLAM DEI CRUSHED ATHEIST MYTHS.
...and these are spawned out zombie salmons, very weak, Silver Salmons in their prime will jump across this road accelarating from 0 to ~30 mph in 1-2 seconds.
@@xxwhatevahxx they are super natural! some even swim trough the dessert!
I just love the thought of these fish stopping at *nothing* to get laid, not even roads!
What a determined fish! Gotta love the sheer willpower of these creatures.
For real. No wonder why salmon is so good for the brain.😅
They're so tasty
“NOTHING will stop me from getting laid! *rockets across the road* NOTHIIIIIIING!”
My thoughts from seeing this 😂
They sure are determined creatures, aren’t they? 😊
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Nature is beautiful. Hello to everyone who randomly gets recommended this 14 years from now.
its only been 14 hours but hello
H! ` 2038`
I eat salmon
Until some guys won't slow down. Hate them people
hello ppl
This video is like a wildlife documentary. I really loved watching it. Thank you for all the information on the Salmon.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I love it.watched it till the end.hope the ppl there help these creatures by making a tunnel crossing...GBU @@westcascademedia
Which country is that
Thank u for sharing@@westcascademedia
@@AndrewS-b8s Washington State
Thanks for stopping to film this
The authorities should make a tunnel for the salmon
The road flooded and the fish didn’t want to go through the tunnel where the current is faster.
It is only happening because the river is flooded they would have crossed elsewhere were it not flooding there.
Ikr
agreed some tunnel or maybe bridge over spot .
They would not use it then. They want it hard way.
Those salmon have been going this way for centuries and someone built a road in their way!
No 🤦 they aren't in the river. The river jumped the banks.
Yes very sad to see this
@@Moonmagiclynn18 how
You gonna cry?
@@Moonmagiclynn18 why
I am heartbroken seeing this. 😢 Thank you for sharing. 👍
???? Why exactly are you heartbroken
This is the natural life of a salmon. They basically have the same kind of obstacles in the wild, except theyre not manmade...
@manzanasrojas6984 ok, I didn't know. Thanks 🙏👍
They were either going to end up in a bears stomach or mine, I love salmon.
@@TessaBriggs-t7e they are yummy for sure 😊
RIP to those magnificent creatures
I've been to the Alaska Fish and Hatchery. The water got low, Salmon came in, They had to get through the shallow beach to get to a water pipe and even then they had to jump up into the incoming stream in the pipe to further go into a small stream coming out of a waterfall. They were packed side by side. Seagulls lived off the bridge and there were eagles and occasionally bears coming in to feast. By the time i had to leave the water levels started to rise. Salmon come back to reproduce and die off where they were born. Its amazing how they retain their memory after a long life period of being in the ocean. They just somehow know where to go. Its such murky water, i dont know what kind of GPS they have, but it sure beats google Maps (I think).
The community should make sure that the salmon don't have to navigate artificial constraints like a tight tube.
Life is beautiful. Mother nature has had a million years to hone the genius in the biological programming of these creatures (all creatures, really).
@@sergeishu5380 The returning salmon can detect the distinctive chemical properties of their streams that they were born in and home right in on it……. “ Just follow your nose. “
As my computer programmer husband says, “They were programmed this way.” It’s literally in their programming. That’s how they know what to do and that’s what beats google maps. More evidence of Intelligent Design.
It's called magnetic field
I love it. Just a 14 minute video of salmon crossing a road. Wonderful
Why did the salmon cross the road?
Ans: To get to the other side.
How's the end of that video wonderful?
Who needs to fish, when I just need a net and a truck
why aren't you helping them instead of filming?
@@mgoogleuser8011Uh idk this doesn’t happen where I live
You can almost SEE the game warden hiding in the bushes.
yep!
That was him / her crossing the road
game warden? who is that? some animal / wildlife guardian?
@@j.c.isking2165 @tymexcomputing
Yes...Game Wardens are Federal Officers they enforce Fish and Game regulations and have lots of authority across jurisdictions.
Now you know ✌️
@@TymexComputing yes i believe someone who looks out for human behaviour in nature. So for example checking on fishermen if they follow the rules. Sort of nature police lol
Bravo for the guy that recorded it the right way and not vertically ☺️❤
That's not really a thing anymore - a lot of vertical framing now given phones. It's not 2010...
I never imagined seeing something like this. I found myself rooting for the fish!! Go now!! Go! Go!
These fish are confused and trapped. They will die. Sadly, there's nowhere to "go."
Complete the journey where??? Into the grass on the other side? Oof
A family of bears live on that side of the road I'm told, that's why the talk about "complete the journey".
@@BeemerTwelve the only bear over there is a fat biker named Crowbar 😂
@@uncaringconch7jake682 Chum salmon preferred spawning habitat is dead water, you can find them in ditches, ponds or even flooded fields and so on.
They’re going back to their native birthplace so probably some ditch nearby somewhere lol
@@BeemerTwelveI guess the jorney will be completed into bear mouth
@@Vigorous_Potato That's actually fascinating. Thanks!
Imagine crossing the road just to get stuck on the other side.
I do it all the time😅😅
i mean they arent really stuck
Human developments have blocked their natural patterns of migrations for sure
@@riverraisin1I sit by the roadside just to watch 🚗 go by!! 🤣😂
How can this be allowed? a simple underpass would ensure the Salmon could complete their journey!!!
there's a big culvert for them, when the river is high and flowing over the road they choose this route!
They don't wanna spend our tax money for that. They want boats and trips and fine dining and new cars
That’s not the river channel, it’s flooded therefore the fish get spread out and follow any flowing water upstream.
Apparently you don't understand...the river flooded. Causing them to cross the road.seen it alot.on the Oregon coast as well
@weedhopper happens every year same place same river same spot.
I'd be the idiot picking them up and carrying the salmon to the other side! Mother Nature's urge to reproduce is Powerful!
I would be picking them up and putting them all on my coolers. You know how much salmon cost?
@@johnrambo1349 the salmon meat is very lean because they stop eating and use up all their fat reserves for energy. they stop eating to make space for eggs and reproduction. the meat is more white than your regular pink or the desirable red colored salmon. so its really not that valuable. Although the meat is leaner its still not bad at all for eating, it just doesn't have that fat or desirable pink/red color that gives salmon its good taste, just tastes more bland. the salmon that really cost a lot are the silver ones with bright and deep orange, red, and pink colors with a lot of fat. those taste the best. this is also chum salmon so not as desirable as king, sockeye, and coho. But the same concept applies to king salmon when they are spawning. Spawning King Salmon Meat is not as valuable as a *Silver King Salmon that is actively feeding.
@@ardianf7005 But it's still free diner. Just use some seasoning
@@johnrambo1349these are chum! People feed them to their dogs! Wouldn’t be worth the fine you would get for doing so! Silver or chinook is where it’s at!
We put the road there, so we should be able to help them out as well
No narration, nothing- nature itself is a great narrator. wonderful video😍
Φοβερό θέαμα θέλησης και δύναμης από ένα ψάρι.Ευχαριστούμε για το ανέβασμα.👍👍
Chum salmon's preferred spawning habitat is "dead water" so you will see them in ditches, ponds, flooded fields and the such. These fish are likely near their natal spawning habitat of some ditch nearby.
Their scent must be off though… unless this water is coming out of their natal grounds… maybe we should build them some hi ways 😂
How do they get to ocean from those spots?
@@TJBellamy99 floods bring the juveniles into the river
@@TJBellamy99 From a larger river that's connected to the ocean, then probably some side canals linked to this river.
Oh I wish I could help them across! Happy for the fishies!
Yeah, I would 'swim' them across, so they think they did all the work 😁
you do not want to interfere fish and game would slap steel on you for it.
Crazy people in Finland are killing these fish, but not for food, because they are not "native"
Nah, free food
@@zfantasy349 also a felony.
It happens every year, but they don't make a tunnel for them? Sounds fishy..
Hi Cheryl, how's your day going with you?
Well from what I’ve gathered, the river just overflowed due to rain, but I think since they know this happens every year, why not do something to make it easier for the salmon.
@@Paulohlsson7 It's good so far. 😁
@@CeeJai_K yeah, I agree.
There is a tunnel for them they're just choosing not to use it because the flooding gives them an alternate route that doesn't involve swimming through a dark tunnel that has a strong current.
I never thought Id be proud of a fish for making it across a tough area
There's sadly nothing there when they cross but the other side of the road where they'll just die. 😢
I wish I was there with a BIG fishing net! I love Salmon! Such a beautiful sight!!!
Same feeling🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
MURRICA!!!! Gotta love rednecks 🤣🤣🤣
They need to make that road with a slight dip so when it rains it will be easier for the salmon to cross or make a salmon tunnel and also put up a salmon crossing sign. I really enjoyed this video nature is truly incredible I mean the salmon are literally crossing a street with pure strength. If I seen something like this Id be out there with a broom or something helping push them across.
No, survival of the fittest
@joeluwechue4155 Well it’s not survival of the fittest when humans planted a big concrete road there.
Geez
They shouldn't be on the road and traffic should be safe to travel freely @joeluwechue4155
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So before the road there was water there?@@madjack8893
They need to install a "SALMON CROSSING" sign
Lol
That's genius. 😂
Someone needs to let the bears know about this
It's like they missed happy hour
And the trucks would fly. 😂. Maybe make a fly over bridge
So the river dlooded and the Salmon didnt follow it.
They are struggling to get to the other side cause theres a road there which never used to be.
The solution isnt getting rid of the road but rather changing that portion to be a bridge part and make a tunnel or a culvert
Exactly. Human-made problem.
They should build a divet or something to help this annual issue that WE AS HUMANS created for that overflow bank.
I have been watching salmon run so many times and this is the first time I see like this, crossing the road. Thanks to the motorists for being cautious and for slowing down.
Never saw this before. Thanks for sharing. Can't believe some were driving over them not carrying off they killed them. But love the video.
wow the state needs to do something like build an underpass or something
why did they make a road right on top of their river?
The river flooded over the road.
SAY NOT TO DRUGS
Spirit of the Salmon....
Why did you wake up this morning?
There’s plenty of places for them to cross at and culverts for them to swim through
Because the river flooded the culverts have a fast current so the fish choose not to use them, they’d rather go a route with less resistance, which happens to be over the road.
We have a similar spectacle in Australia most don't know about. The main highway in central Australia rarely floods but when it does, you'll see fish swimming over the roads in the middle of a red sandy desert. I've only seen it once and couldn't believe my eyes.
I never knew salmon looked so ominous! They’re tough little guys! Love this video! They’re smarter and more resilient than human stupidity! Thanks for sharing!
OMG that Serial Killer with his pick-up truck @4:25😢😢😢😢😢
Yep that stupid idiot
Come on it's a fish
Stop crying it's only a fish
@@VNinTexas nope it's not same for everyone dude. just so you know people think different.
@@VNinTexaswhy'd you have to say this twice? 😴 It's okay for humans to feel empathy for other living creatures and the journey they are on. 🙄😒
7:20 fish stopped perfect timing
Wow!
That’s crazy 😂
That fish's child must be the chosen one or something.
Another at 9:33.
@@SraTacoMal 🤣
Salmon season is the smelliest haha. I grew up in Sultan (there are 3 rivers - the Skykomish, Sultan and Wallace) and it is so nasty in the fall, especially when they start rotting while still alive.
They rot while being alive?!😮 How does that even happen?!
@munchiis2486 They die maybe from exhaustion having to swim up stream to deposit their eggs .
Oh The winter run!! Miss living up there rippin steelhead, all salmon all rivers! One and only thing I miss
What is the address , I like to visit to see the salmon crossing!
@ skykomish river just outta Monroe wa, I believe rite below Wallace falls
So north fork skykomish
Man I couldn’t imagine growing up in such a beautiful place.
I grew up in Arkansas and Texas and for the “natural state” Arkansas is pretty trashy, don’t get me wrong lots of beautiful nature also lots of discarded trash and lots of red necks that use their own yard as storage for all their trash.
Huston was fine, but definitely still a bit trashy.
lol at least people in Huston Texas know how to take a joke better than people in Arkansas or especially people in Oklahoma.
People in Oklahoma get offended so easily it’s almost insane
Looking at you, Roland Oklahoma.
Where's there little tunnel?
I feel kinda bad no? Seems they are struggling, what happens if they don’t cross do they die?
God bless these mighty creatures. Thanks for sharing. Just awesome.
All right, it’s salmon underground crossing petition time.
They have one. 🤦
that’s my brother and my mom! 😭
Hahahaha that's great thanks for the comment 😅😅
looool why didnt you guys help them
@@aeptacon tryna go to prison ?
@@howdyfolks5134for touching a salmon? What are you on? They couldve 1, put their phones down and thrown some fish. Or 2, stopped being parked in the middle of the road and moved on.
@@ava4689 touching an salmon is an fellony!
You're looking at pure dedication and determination.
7:49 Wow, there's more, this is wild that Seattle hasn't come up with a better way. The fact that the road is filling up with water speaks volumes!
That's looking like some free Dinner right there!
Lol great minds think alike 👍😂
@@YouCanChangeYourWorldToday uncivilized minds
And you’d end up with a fine lol
Btw those fish are spawning which means their meat will be lean and white instead of pink/reddish and won’t taste as good and the bread isn’t one of the good to eat salmon breeds
Too old to be eaten, they are mothers with eggs and even if it is legal, not recommended.
@@analienfromouterspace Oooh, wasn't tracking that. Yeah that's not good for the species either, i'd best let them do their thing.
whats the limit on road salmon?
Haha!! I just looked, Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife does have a Roadkill Salvage Permit!! (o.k o.k. it's only good for deer and elk)
No limits no fish
Limit for Road Salmon is one quarter the speed limit of the road they’re crossing.
just to be clear... you cannot take salmon in this fashion legally. cue the "awwww". look, but don't touch.
They probably wouldn't hit a lure with their mouth, so it would be considered a snag, which is not legal.
Why is there no fish ladder / crossing installed.
I’m in school for shit like this. It makes me sad to see this.
Because the road flooded and the fish didn’t follow the river, they flopped up on the road.
They need to build a bridge over the water and let the fish move easily upstream
i dont know. why?
@jaybird209 there is already converts for the fish to use but because it flooded the culverts have a fast current so the fish choose a way that’s easier for them, which happens to be by going over the road.
Can’t sleep. Watch salmon instead. So peaceful.
Imagine you’re driving down the road and you see a *”Fish Crossing”* sign and you laugh thinking it’s a joke, but then straight up see salmon crossing the street.
The salmon have so much drive and determination. So sad they will all die. But that's their life cycle.
What on this earth doesn't?
We'll all die, too.
Almost as if that ROAD WASNT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE
This was a flooding the fish wouldnt usually pass this way
@ road still shouldn’t be there it can’t just be flooding or they wouldn’t take that path
There’s also culverts for the fish, they’re just not using them because the water flooded so much that they prefer to go over the road rather than through the fast currents in the culverts
@@oddverse566 Excuse me, logic isn't allowed here. You're meant to be thoughtlessly mad at the same talking points.
This has been happening for hundreds of years - even before roads. Not all the fish will survive the journey anyway, with or without a road.
Nature is fascinating
بلادكم رائعه
Where did they go when they crossed the street
THAT IS NOT NATURE! IS THE STUPID HUMAN BEING THAT IS MESSING AROUND BUILDING ROADS, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE.
As if you are not part of it
@@WingoTribe704
There's sadly nothing there when they cross but the other side of the road where they'll just die. 😢
Truly one of nature's most amazing animals. Their inner instinctual drive is admirable.
Boss : you are late!!
Me : I have to wait for Salmon to finish their crossing boss... Sorry...
What did the salmon say when it crossed the street?
woof woof (get it? Dog Salmon?)
It said "Where's your fish net now!?" 😂
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Dam!
@@anti_honey😂😂😂
Where is the “Fish Crossing” sign?
Great point
I think they should create a depression in that patch so the water depth could be increased. They should also install some sensors that will signal the incoming vehicles to carefully pass through. I wonder why they are not using tech to assist thse little fishes? If they can make roads right in the center of their crossover why not they just assist them as well?
You know what, RUclips Recommendations? You did good this time.
salmon such a wonderful fish, brings in lots of economic benefits and to the environment.
Why did the salmon cross the road?
Just for the Halibut 😊
Life's a struggle.... celebrate it!
Awe inspiring! Ive seen Salmon and Steelhead make it up a weir side on the bank in 4-5 inches of water only a foot wide...
Amazing tenacity to wait and wait and then do a swim for it!
Amazing!
Ah salmon,would taste great, especially with the brake dust seasoning.😂
A little motor oil dressing, and a drizzle of balsamic antifreeze 😂
@@DIRTYBIRDYBEATS😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Very good, very interesting.Than for streaming
Streaming salmon streaming....spirit of the salmon...
何十年、何百年に亘って、鮭はここを遡上していたんだろうね。
Where is this
Of course humans always taking everything. Wow these delicious Salmons are in their elements 👏🏾. So much food
I would say the road is a impediment to the fish and will be to the offspring and the issue should be addressed and fixed next summer when no migration.
Yes, that's a really good point!
There is a bridge and culvert, but when there is a flood, the water over the road is slower and the fish choose that instead.
@@no_regerts5176 Do they manage to get back around, to the main flow? It looked like they were stuck, after crossing the road.
@billpetersen298 they’re fine, this is how they are choosing to get to thier destination.
But to answer your question, no, they don’t go back the way they came.
When spawning they lay and fertilize all the eggs (then they typically don’t have the strength left to make the trip on the account that they’ve forgone eating), then the babies will repeat the cycle.
@@Vigorous_Potato I'm quite familiar with their life cycle. My comment was, it looks like they were off course, to get to the spawning beds. Because the flooding, sent them off into the woods, following slower flowing water.
Poor fish. Can't they make this a bit less problematic for them?
Yeah, stop the rain from flooding rivers over roads.
lol there’s already culverts, it’s just that the flooding gives rough currents through the culverts so they choose to go over the road where there’s less resistance.
Trust that animals know what way is best for them.
Besides I’m pretty sure any injury they receive from the road would have been worse on the banks of a river
Also this is the end of their life cycle they’re using the last of their strength to make it inland, have babies and pass away.
In Germany we collect toads every spring and carry them over the road to a lake where they were heading to. You guys are so proud on your salmon, so why don't you help them?
If a cop pulls up and sees you holding a salmon in your hands or a net, you're in big trouble.
@@GWNorth-db8vn Why ?
@@BeverageGuzzler
Poaching
You’d be considered poaching or endangering them and it’s worse because they’re filled with eggs so they’d be extra hard on you about it.
And this is honestly one of the easiest parts of their journey considering all they had to get through just to get to this road anyways.
Also natural selection, if a fish was too weak to make it back to spawning grounds then it probably shouldn’t reproduce.
@@GWNorth-db8vnnot if you were helping them across. This is so stupid and sad. Why is there no assistance for these fish.
This looks exactly like a dream I had where salmon were swimming on a road during a rainstorm.
To be honest, this puts us humans to shame! For those sitting on their asses getting tech neck on their phones or spending hours gaming, this Fish are trying to SURVIVE. This is all about instinct, will, determination, etc. Some of us are tired just watching this struggle BUT there are doing it no matter what. Much respect Salmon. Sadly, I'll have one of their kinfolk on my dinner plate tomorrow as Honey Butter Salmon😬😬
this is why I hate seafood, fish don't know us, don't have any contact with us until they are dying, then we are these monsters that haunt their final moments. Humans Suck.
The public has ZERO idea the actual trouble salmon are in. Politicians have policy that circles around between the tribes, commercial guys, and WDFW. People neet to get more involved and wake up.
Oh, we know how much trouble they're in (none at all). It's just that we're not as vocal as the hippies, hence the destruction of our hydro dams and higher electricity bills. Yay..
it's interesting, do you help them? or let nature takes its course
edit: I guess we did build the road that's in their way
Yes,usually nature is reasonably ‘soft’ and somewhat malleable,and you can work with/around it,but (apart from rocks maybe)manmade ‘artificial’ objects are very hard and unforgiving,and we put them in the way of nature,so all these creatures come a cropper!I think it’s good to help where we’ve made the natural world too difficult for animals🐠🐅🦓🐌🦎🐛🐡🦘🐙🪱
@@jacobdavidcunningham1440 they get cut up worse by the sharp river rocks these fish are doomed to die shortly.
They will finish the trip have babies and die off, would happen regardless of the road and the roads probably actually easier to cross than some of the obstacles they crossed just to get to this point.
Are they stuck when they have crossed the road?
Or is there a river on the other side?
Can someone expain?
Thank you so much for posting this!
Why isn't there a Culvert for those Fish to pass under the Road?
Yes, but if the water is running over the road deep enough they do this!, where the 101 crosses the river it's very low and close to sea level, I've seen this several times over the years!
Because the state government spends their money on other things not as important 😢
This is tribal land and they don't any non natives near the river anymore so screw em@@DIRTYBIRDYBEATS
@@208flatheads3 We've been screwing them since we arrived. How about some cooperation with them.
@@208flatheads3 you can't give up on the fish just because you don't like a person 😔
They should do something, if they don't then the state should step in.... You shouldn't say screw it just because it's one kink in the line....
Try to unravel the kink!
Survival of the fittest
Pretty amazing
Also why did the salmon cross the road? 🥁
so where tf they supposed to go after they crossed the road ?
The humans didn't think about that when they put the road in their way
@@howdyfolks5134 they go to their native birthplace which for chum salmon that could mean a ditch, pond or even flooded field and so on
this must be very beautiful and fun to watch! I love fish
6:41 He Said what we are all thinking
Humans should build some kind of waterway that’ll allow the salmon to cross easier instead of destroying more of their habitat
They can’t at least help them out and add a detour? This is the only option??? Please educate me, will all the salmon die anyway after spawning? I don’t get it.
Salmon lay their eggs and die pretty much directly after. Their trek back from the Pacific takes all the energy they have out of them. Some of them start rotting before they even reach their spawning grounds. It quite literally takes every last bit of their energy.
A inteligência do Criador é compartilhada com todos os seres. É lindo ver sua superação
Lunch and nobody grabs anything 😞
Most of them are going to d i e shortly after crossing that road. It’s way too exhausting for them. Look how they’re just there trying to regain their energy.
Did anyone call Department of Fish and Game/wild life to stop traffic for at least a few minutes? Or at least to transport them into an actual stream/river?
What’s the exact location?
Pacific Northwest….
@@Emlane09 Well, I could have guessed that too.
@@libertyforall5764 believe this specific crossing was in DC but there actually a handful of states they’ll cross in
They’ll die regardless of the road, this is the end of their life cycle.
Go back to native spawning ground, have babies, die.
Chum salmon like dead water so they’re probably going to the ditch, pond, flooded field or so on, that they were born in.
Also that road was probably the easiest part of their journey from the ocean to this point
The locals are used to it? That's kind of hard to watch for me. They're struggling so hard, I feel bad for them. Want to stand there with a hose or dig a trench or something.
They are choosing to cross a flooded road because the passage ways have stronger currents during a flood and more sediment.
@@no_regerts5176 Are they even able to reach the river again? It looks as if they were just gathered in a flooded low lying point on the other side of the road.
@@countessk nope! these type of fish will find a pond or a deep ditch.
the offspring will then go to the river on another flood
this is perfectly normal for these fish......
You're just sensitive and that's ok
@@ImuBozu no, it's likely you're just desensitized
Insurance company: what was the cause of the accident?
"I rear ended a car stopped at a fish crossing"
Literally lol ding for improper lookout 😄
It's great to see the community getting together to help nature instead of just standing there recording or driving past.
Never thought I'd see anything like this in my life! Fish swimming across the road! 😵
Why not few pipes below the road for salmon to go through?
@@jamesraj6531 there are, they won’t use them if it floods.
Too fast of a current plus they can just do this, which compared to their journey just to get here, is the easy part.
I EAT a lot of salmon after my workout. Why can’t this crossing be near my house? In Boston, salmon is $7.99 per pound. I have a huge freezer in my basement.
HATE SEEING THIS....FEEL SO SORRY FOR THEM, what a friggin shame!
Lol
You're funny. This is how salmon spawn. Watch some salmon videos. This particular species of salmon is known to spawn in flooded ditches and Fields. It just so happens that they're trying to cross the road. A flooded road. This is easy swimming compared to what the river has to offer.
Animals are weird, so they very well might be trying to get to a new body of water that they instinctually know is there. Notice that they’re not leaving the other side… fish always move to-and-fro.
Fish and water.
Yup. What a completely odd concept. I mean, dang. It’s outrageous!
@@CharlieDexter99fish and water on a road, you sound like an idiot right now.
it’s amazing how wildlife just know where to go and exactly what to do they never miss a beat!
That's just it. They didn't know where to go. Because of the rains they became confused and took a detour to their deaths. It's not what you think.
All I know is this: if I lived there, and it was legal to scoop up some of them - I'd be having fish & chips & tuna salad all winter 🤣😁😋
Give Mother Nature some credit this is what they do when there’s lots of water just fish being fish. Why do people who know very little always assume the evil humans did this . These fish aren’t dumb. That’s not an evil road. Calm down and enjoy the video 🌲
Why a culvert on a fish bearing stream? Raise the road surface and install a bridge.
There is. But we had a flood.
Floods make the culverts have rough, fast moving currents so the fish are choosing to ignore that path and take a path of less resistance, which happens to be the road.
I'd be taking fresh catch dinner home to go!!!
The Salmon have more than enough "horsepower" to get up and over the roadways current with ease and then some. Problem is as the water falls off the road and drops in elevation it creates a condition very similar to a "Lowhead Dam" that drowns so many people every year. And their propulsion fin is cavitating just like the Chinese Sandboats do crossing a dam. In a modern Ski-Boat, the motor would be revving up high here but the boat going nowhere. Once past the cavitation issue even with the added drag of the shallow water the Salmon easily propel themselves forward and onward to their destination ...