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That’s not super true. Salmon for instance. Or Easter eggs.

• bwestergard 1y ago
  Wild salmon have their characteristic color because they are eating organisms that contain the naturally occurring Astaxanthin. Farmed salmon subsist on grains, fish oils, etc and come out looking grey unless pigments are added to their feed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaxanthin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaxanthin
  • 1234letshaveatw 1y ago
    Great lakes salmon flesh lacks orange coloring as well
    • SirMaster 1y ago
      Definitely not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvvshpw4FxM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvvshpw4FxM Check at 6 minutes into the video.
      • 1234letshaveatw 1y ago
        interesting, the Salmon I have caught has not been as colorful- I mostly fish in the rivers though edit: it looks like that vid had some steelhead (trout) mixed in? This is more like what I have seen, but the color is even more "dulled" in person https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e09UmeqAd4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e09UmeqAd4g