never hatch. Most of those that do will 
die. Young fish do not have such an 
easy time as young children. They must 
shift for themselves. If the mother 
THE MOTHER SALMON LAYS THOUSANDS OF EGGS, WHILE THE 
FATHER GUARDS THE NEST. 
salmon laid only a few eggs, perhaps 
there would be no young salmon to grow 
up. 
All the time that the mother salmon 
is spawning, the father salmon is busy 
protecting the nest from other fish, big 
and little, that want to destroy his home. 
26 
