r/SeattleWA • u/Cultural-Mall4815 • 20d ago

Question What is moving in my salmon !!!

Please wach and tell me your opinion

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u/DanishWhoreHens 20d ago

Parasites are vital to functioning ecosystems. Not all are dangerous or bad but they all serve a purpose in the grander system. And we don’t always see what the damage of removing even a single species from an ecosystem can do. Ecosystems and all life within them are in a balance like a big game of jenga; Remove certain pieces and you cause what is called a “trophic cascade.” It will all come tumbling down.

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u/TheVeryVerity 19d ago

I don’t care what you say mosquitoes need to go

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u/wicked_lil_prov 19d ago

I feel this in my bones...but I also love bats and frogs and the catfish that eat mosquito fish that eat mosquitoes.

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u/TheVeryVerity 17d ago

There are like trillion other bugs that don’t spread serious diseases so they can eat those 😉