The predictable abundance of salmon allowed some native cultures to flourish and dying spawners feed bears, eagles, other animals, and ultimately the soil itself.

可以预见的充足的鲑鱼数量让一些本土文化得以繁荣发展，濒死的产卵者喂养了熊、鹰和其他动物，并最终喂养了土壤本身。

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Indeed, the World Wildlife Fund, a nature conservation organisation, reckons that bluefin spawners will be virtually eliminated by 2012.

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The offspring of the summer spawners seem more vulnerable to predators, because their hatching and early growth coincides with the penguin breeding season, when those birds are hunting most.

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