article_snippet.sent: Sockeye salmon, which are native to Alaska, migrate up rivers during the spring in order to reach the breeding grounds where Sockeye salmon, which are native to Alaska were born in order to spawn.
article_snippet.sent: While the salmon are very fast and difficult to catch underwater, after the salmon leap into the air the salmon have no way of changing course, and so a relatively easy to pick out of the air.
article_snippet.sent: the salmon will not eat during the salmon battle upstream, and will undergo a huge transformation, changing from grey to bright red, with grey lower lip extending and grey head turning green.
article_snippet.sent: Once the fish reach the breeding grounds, usually a freshwater lake, the fish will mate, before perishing shortly afterwards.
article_snippet.sent: : Sockeye salmon spend most of the year out at sea, but during spring Sockeye salmon attempt to swim back up rivers to breed, making Sockeye salmon easy targets for bears and eagles3020099 .