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This flower lives in a lush Alaskan meadow.

But it's survival depends on the deep ocean, hundreds of miles away.

What could possibly bind the two together?

As adults, they patrol the Pacific, gorging themselves and growing fat.

The streams where they were born call to them.

The salmon are hypnotized by smell of the freshwater, flowing from melting snow on the

By the thousands, they mob together and charge upstream.

They’re reaching the end of their lives,

But they have one last thing to do before they die

Females dig little nests in the gravel with their tails.

Then they lay their eggs, which the males fertilize.... thoroughly.

For most of these salmon, there’s no hope of making it back to sea.

One way or another, the salmon carcasses make their way up onto the river banks,

But bears are sloppy eaters, they take their favorite bits and leave rest to decay.

They taste the flesh to make sure it’s to their liking - but not because they’re going

The fly eggs hatch into maggots that set to work devouring the salmon.

When they’ve had their fill, the maggots squirm off and bury themselves underground

until they’re ready to emerge as adult flies.

They scatter off to live their lives in the forest.

When they die or get eaten, the nutrients from the salmon

Things like nitrogen, that plants need to grow.

So the river is like an artery - bringing an influx of vital nutrients direct from the

In these coastal forests, up to 80% of the nitrogen in the plants can be traced back

And the blow flies have one more important job - pollinating fields of flowers.

It’s all thanks to these intrepid fish - who nourish an entire ecosystem.

These little guys are baby coho salmon, ready to take their first big journey out into the

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And check out this episode of It’s OK to Be Smart about why beavers are master builders.

It’s from the same trip to Juneau, Alaska where we filmed this episode.