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Oncorhynchus kisutch

from Vancouver Island Suite by Jordan Venn

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There are five anadromous pacific salmon. This movement deals with the coho but they all have similar traits. The most significant similarity is that they all migrate upstream to where they were born to spawn. There can be up to a 90% mortality rate on the migration before they even get a chance to reproduce. In popular media sex sells but for these salmon, sex kills. When they have finished spawning the ones who were lucky enough to make it die. Wolves and bears then drag the carcasses into the woods and eat the high fat heads. The carcasses are left to decompose creating a rich soil that grows some of the largest organisms on the planet. Giant trees.

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You were born in the midst of a dream
In an otherwise serene, nightmare of a stream
One of two thousand siblings, you were hatched
with a little red yolk sack already attached
Tiny dancing Alevin in the current’s drive
you had to do what you could just to survive

When your yolk was gone you became a Fry
and you had to start hunting to become a bigger guy
plankton and larvae the bulk of your diet
you couldn’t fight the current and wouldn’t even try it
avoiding predators from the land, air and sea
you’d become a little more camo’ but you’d never free
well you made it through stream life and then decided to bolt
and you swam to the ocean a handsome young Smolt

Coho. Little Coho

Oh life in the ocean along with some friends
every day a new struggle you never now where it ends
There are plenty of fish out there in the sea
Some want to eat you and some you will eat
You would swim a great distance with the elite
You would keep on going, never accepting defeat

Remember that time you were chased by a pod
You used your best maneuvers and made eyes with your God
You’re cousin chinook is their dietary pillar
but you barely avoided becoming Orca stomach filler
Now you know why they call those Delphinidae Killer

Coho. Ocean going cohoing Coho

Feel the urge
Just let it surge
Let it consume you
This is your destiny

Anadromous instinct your birth stream ahead
Through bears and waterfalls you pressed on to your bed
You’re nose hooked down and your skin turned red
You fertilized many and slipped into your final rest
But you have no regrets that spawngasm was the best

You’re just a sex crazed Coho

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from Vancouver Island Suite, released May 18, 2012

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Jordan Venn Toronto, Ontario

-Born and raised in Port Alberni, BC (South Port represent) by a logger and music teacher.
-Lives in Toronto
-Version 5.3.9 (DOB 1980.07.15)
-Has written a lot of songs.
-Has done some low medium profile studio work.
-182cm, greeny grey eyes
-Loves Phanerozoic fossils
-Loves Anthropocene animals
-Loves pizza ... more

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