Salmon run plankton. At this point the baby salmon are called "fry". At the end of the summer the fry develop into juvenile fish called "parr". Parr feed on small invertebrates and are camouflaged with a pattern of spots and vertical bars. They remain in this stage for up to three years. As they approach the time when they are ready to migrate out to the sea the parr lose their camouflage bars and undergo a process of physiological changes which allows them to survive the shift from freshwater to saltwater. At this point salmon are called "smolt". Smolt spend time in
The Salmon of Doubt commissioned a third Dirk Gently six-part radio series for broadcast in mid-2010, based on the uncompleted chapters of "The Salmon of Doubt", and written by "Spice World" writer Kim Fuller. These plans have been dropped in favour of creating a television adaption of the two complete novels. The Salmon of Doubt The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time is a posthumous collection of previously published and unpublished material by Douglas Adams. It consists largely of essays about technology and life experiences, but its major selling point is the inclusion of the incomplete novel on which Adams was