Thank You Pacific Salmon (Fuck You Atlantic)

I was watching the Science Channel, or Animal Planet, one of those channels I love to "watch" while I am trying to take my Saturday/Sunday afternoon naps. A special was on about grizzley bears, and during the show they started discussing the Salmon that bears rely on. But it's not just bears. When the Pacific Salmon swim up stream to lay their eggs, they die afterward. Scientists don't know whey they die, they just do. But the dead fish nourish over 200 animal species in the woods, and then, when the animals are done with the remains, the forrest floor absorbes all the Nitrogen, Oxygen, and other minerals the Salmon pick up on their lifelong journey. This allows the trees in the area to grow to over 100 feet tall. Even the Salmon's own eggs feed on the remains of their mothers. Not in a disgusting Hannibal Lecter way, but in a positive Mother Earth kind of way. So, between the bigger fish that feed on the salmon, and the whole forrest of animals that need them, they are responsible for more nourishment than any other species on the planet.

This, of course, is just Pacific Salmon. Their atlantic counterparts don't die after giving birth. No, they get to go on swimming, eating, and fucking their little fish heart's content. Thanks for nothing.