Natural mystery: migrate a record 8 million salmon

Tens of thousands of people flocked to Canada's province of British Columbia to witness one of nature's mysterious phenomena: the largest migration in the last 100 years of millions of red salmon.

About 6-8 million salmon migrate from the sea to the Adams River. (Photo: Internet).

It is expected that about 6-8 million red salmon will migrate from the sea to the Adams River, in the Shuswap area, British Columbia province, Canada. According to experts, the number of migratory red salmon this year is double that of the previous forecast and the record migration since 1913 back here.

These salmon will have to go through an extremely difficult journey lasting more than 500 km. However, at the end of the journey, when returning home, red salmon will die from exhaustion after laying eggs.

Red salmon will have to cross the journey more than 500 km.

The baby salmon born from eggs will re-travel to the big sea, so 3 years later, they continue their 'home' journey as their parents today.

Salmon species orient to move by smell. Each fish remembers the smell of the river where it was born. When moving from the ocean back to the breeding river, the fish will find its way through the ability to remember this smell. When re-entering the freshwater area, salmon will not eat and turn bright red.

Red salmon die after laying eggs. The born salmon will continue the journey of their parents.

The mysterious and unique migration of red salmon has attracted the attention of people and tourists to the Adams River. However, this year the migration of red salmon became even more special when it broke the record for the past 100 years.