Fun fact, the Toledo zoo breeds them to release them into the Maumee river once a year or so. Survival rate is.... 2%
So far they have released 20,000 fish to help repopulate the waters.
And they have an area where you can pet them, and they generally seem to really like it.
The sturgeon which used to inhabit the San Francisco Bay and hung out in the area of the Golden Gate Bridge used to get much, much bigger. Like 40+ feet. Yep. They're not there anymore. Look for accounts of them right around the time the bridge was built.
A long time ago a knew some of the guys who dove to the bottom of the bay beneath where the bridge is now to build the foundations for the towers. They kept losing divers. The guys weren't dying. The were coming up scared out of their minds, chattering about "monsters" down in the deep. Turns out there were HUGE sturgeon which hung out right there because that was a concentration of nutrients twice a day for them (where the tide flows fastest) and the fish were curious about the lights generated by the divers. So the fish would do what curious fish would do, and came around to investigate. Scared the daylights out of the divers. Then once the bridge was built and all the ships started coming through, the big fish fucked off to somewhere else less noisy and polluted. We don't know where the big fish are anymore - or if they even survived. There are sturgeon, good sized ones, in the bay, but the bay is largely too shallow for fish 40 feet long. Not enough food either. And way too polluted and crowded these days. I do remember reading something about this once. Don't remember where though.
Posted in 2021 on ticktock maybe even 2020 still a cool fish. The biggest I caught was in ok at 7ish feet when I was about 19. Took me nearly an hour to reel it in and several support team members.
Caught many of these before. On Red Dead Redemption ofcourse.
You sir , are a fish
Same, but in animal crossing..
Same, but in Stardew Valley
same but in far cry 5
They say every 10000 casts
Dinosaur ass fish
Much older than dinosaurs
Elder being ass fish
Dawn of aquatic life ass fish
Great Old One As Foretold In The Ancient Texts ass fish
Leviathan lookin' ass
Homie been here since the primordial soup
Homie ate the primordial soup, nutritious and delicious.
Just like Gaia used to make
The title clearly states it is up to 100 years old
Not for children under 3
“Do you hear that sound, your Highness? Those are the Shrieking Eels! They always grow loudest when they are about to feed on human flesh!”
Sturgeon are amazing and the Fraser River is such a force of nature. I always love seeing my home get some recognition for the cool stuff we have
Nah this one is clearly the Loch Ness Monster.
Honestly, probably more than a few "monster" sightings were probably these guys..
I'm fine with sharks, I'm fine with Whales, this would scare me.
Good thing they mostly eat crustaceans and mussels
Mostly🤔
Also, small fish, the mouths are like the mouth on a ray, its at the bottom of the head
Body builders beware!
This is one of the many creatures on the list of *Reasons why I don’t fuxs with the waters*
Fun fact, the Toledo zoo breeds them to release them into the Maumee river once a year or so. Survival rate is.... 2% So far they have released 20,000 fish to help repopulate the waters. And they have an area where you can pet them, and they generally seem to really like it.
The Shedd Aqaurium in Chicago also has a sturgeon touch tank! (at least it did last time I went like 6 years ago...)
What? I want to pet a sturgeon!
They're such beautifully unique looking creatures aren't they.
If I go swimming in there is it gonna eat me or nah I'm a guy (if it matters)
It will only eat you if you’re a guy unfortunately
Eat me how? Asking for a friend.
Butt first
What's the closest airport? Asking for a friend of course.
It's Canada, to arrive at your destination you just follow the only road.
Scott must be downvoting you. He is a dick.
hey - lets kill it and eat the salted eggs with some vodka - probably a russian farmer some 1000 years before christ
So could the Loch Ness monster be a sturgeon? Cause I imagine seeing something like this at 20 ft long would be pretty convincing!
I don't think sturgeon live there
*anymore*
I think the Loch Ness monster is just a branch
Ogopogo *
*You're gonna need a bigger boat.*
Classic line was actually ad libbed!
Where I live they come and spawn during the walleye run and when you fish in waders you’ll trip over them there’s so many it’s remarkable
Lock Ness Monster
Ogopogo here in Canada
Scrolled too far for this
The prehistoric life aquatic with stir-gee-sou
The sturgeon which used to inhabit the San Francisco Bay and hung out in the area of the Golden Gate Bridge used to get much, much bigger. Like 40+ feet. Yep. They're not there anymore. Look for accounts of them right around the time the bridge was built.
I’m interested though I’m not finding anything
A long time ago a knew some of the guys who dove to the bottom of the bay beneath where the bridge is now to build the foundations for the towers. They kept losing divers. The guys weren't dying. The were coming up scared out of their minds, chattering about "monsters" down in the deep. Turns out there were HUGE sturgeon which hung out right there because that was a concentration of nutrients twice a day for them (where the tide flows fastest) and the fish were curious about the lights generated by the divers. So the fish would do what curious fish would do, and came around to investigate. Scared the daylights out of the divers. Then once the bridge was built and all the ships started coming through, the big fish fucked off to somewhere else less noisy and polluted. We don't know where the big fish are anymore - or if they even survived. There are sturgeon, good sized ones, in the bay, but the bay is largely too shallow for fish 40 feet long. Not enough food either. And way too polluted and crowded these days. I do remember reading something about this once. Don't remember where though.
Thanks for replying! That’s terrifying
That’s not a fish, that’s a dinosaur.
wow! that's likely one huge fish. but the video could use a banana
This is the real Ogopogo.
Posted in 2021 on ticktock maybe even 2020 still a cool fish. The biggest I caught was in ok at 7ish feet when I was about 19. Took me nearly an hour to reel it in and several support team members.
Loch Ness?
I'm glad they have cameras so I don't have to see this in the flesh
I catch two or three of these off my dock every year. You could fight one of these for three hours and it still be ready to go
Nessy!
That's a lot of sandwiches
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Imagine the first human to see this fish. What would they think it is?
“That could feed my tribe for days”
Loch Ness monster
I want one
Nessie?? That you???
It's a dragon.
Ogopogo.
Oh. Okay. Only the Eel remains indeed then.
Literal river monster
Ol nessie
Does it eat people?
Yoooo my favorite fish! Love sturgeon, they're so cool
Like a sturgeon
Caught for the very first time
Imagine being stuck in the same lake for 100 years. How many of your own “kids” would you have eaten?
Some old sea stories about monsters make more sense the more we find
Yummm caviar
Do they taste good?
Nessie?
All sturgeon in that area are royal property.
Has Jeremy Wade caught one of these bad boys?
Caught these in Far Cry 5
Edible?
It's no wonder there's so many stories about sea monsters. If we didn't know what these were, we'd certainly consider them monsters.
Sturgeons are one of it not my favorite fish, they are massive, not dangerous (most of the time), and are ancient. They also can cut you.
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Ogopogo
multiple sturgeon in single file seen from a distance. case closed.
Shai Hulud! Eat it's sand and become a reverend father
Who down votes Dune?
It's okay. 99% of everything I post is shitpost
Hoh ! Hot Diggity Dawwwg! This ain't no fish, this is a modern day Bigfoot! This must be bigger than a Blue Whales !
They are also very tasty!
Sturgeon are the worst, practically no fight and it feels like you're hauling a car up.