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Salmon can smell their home stream from the ocean

Salmon can smell their home stream from the ocean

Salmon can smell their home stream from the ocean

Young salmon imprint on the chemical signature of their natal stream. Years later, smell guides spawning runs across thousands of kilometers.

Ocean navigation mixes magnetism, currents, and cues; the final turn into the correct creek is often a nose decision.

Home is a scent library. The river writes its address in dissolved minerals before the fish ever leave.

Shahzad Mahota Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

Salmon can smell their home stream from the ocean