Is there a limit to how high a waterfall can be for salmon to get up and passed?

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Is there a limit to how high a waterfall can be for salmon to get up and passed?

2006-10-05 08:04:38 · 4 answers · asked by Clint 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology

can they go up in stages?

2006-10-07 08:28:12 · update #1

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Sockeye Salmon in Alaska have been recorded jumping up waterfalls up to 12 feet in height!

2006-10-05 08:19:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Yes. I don't know what the exact limit is, but that's why they build "fish ladders", to enable fish to get past falls, dams, or other obstructions that they would otherwise be stopped by.

2006-10-05 18:09:53 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Never measured a waterfall so I do not know.

2006-10-05 15:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

DUH!! they dont have wings now do they?

2006-10-05 15:07:31 · answer #4 · answered by spelyam2004 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋