1:16 Sturgeon feat. Laura Heironimus & Ken Lepla.pdf

1:16 Sturgeon feat. Laura Heironimus & Ken Lepla.pdf
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Fish of the Week!

Season 1/Episode 16: Sturgeon feat Laura Heironimus & Ken Lepla

We're talking about a couple of "living dinosaurs" that range from Alaska down to California. Join Katrina and Guy for a conversation with guests Laura Heironimus and Ken Lepla about Green and White Sturgeon.

Read more: Sturgeon Snoots and Scutes: living dinosaurs of the Pacific Coast

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Green Sturgeon are among the largest and longest living species found in freshwater, living up to 70 years and weighing up to 350 pounds. They resemble some sort of prehistoric creature, possessing a skeleton that is more cartilage than bone and rows of bony plates for protection rather than scales...
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The Kootenai River white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) is 1 of 18 land-locked populations of white sturgeon known to occur in western North America. Kootenai sturgeon occur in Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, Canada, and are restricted to approximately 167.7 River Mile (RM) of the...

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