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Harun Yahya

cated exactly in the middle of the fork. The first choice was for the
salmon to turn right, because the farm waters flowed from that direc-
tion.
Yet for some reason, the fish selected the left fork and managed to

approach from behind the farm where it had been born.
The reason for its astonishing decision lay beneath the main road
that ran through the region. Under that road was a channel into
which the farm's excess water was discharged. Under normal condi-
tions, very little water entered this channel, and what there was
leached into the forest soil before ever reaching the river. But that year
had seen heavy rainfall, and the water in the channel had reached the
river. For a salmon determined to find its birthplace, that shallow
stream was enough to show the way.
Following that familiar scent, it evidently must have left the river
and moved up the length of the water channel. Entering the channel,
it swam and crawled through some depths of only 5 to 10 centimeters
(1.5 to4 inches). Then, moving through the darkness of the tunnel, it
must have crossed underneath the road and leapt into the channel's
special water pipes, which were at a considerable height. Yet even
had it managed to do all that and approach its objective in the dark-
ness, it would still find itself blocked by the cover, trapped in a con-
crete channel underneath this wooden track in the fish breeding farm.

Yet the salmon had been programmed to find the spot where it had
been born. Finding the 12-centimeter (5-inch) entrance to the pipe
leading to the pool, it moved along that and encountered a final ob-
stacle: the metal grill placed in front of the pipe…Yet the salmon over-
came this with a sharp blow from its nose.
At the end of this arduous journey, the fish reached the pool where

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