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Taimen Eggs
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Taimen lay their eggs in a nest called a redd, which is dug into the gravel of clear-flowing rivers. Baby taimen have many predators, but adults, which can grow to almost six feet (two meters) long, are kings of the river.
Photograph courtesy Zeb Hogan
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