Dead body of a chinook salmon stranded on the banks of the Ketchikan Creek. It died of exhaustion while swimming against the current to go spawn where

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Dead body of a chinook salmon stranded on the banks of the Ketchikan Creek. It died of exhaustion while swimming against the current to go spawn where it was born

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Size: 4054px × 2703px
Location: Ketchikan, Alaska
Photo credit: © Alexandre ROSA / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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