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23 sty 2020 · These armored fish, also distinguished by whiskerlike barbels growing from their chins, can live as long as a century, weigh as much as 200 pounds, and grow more than seven feet long.
Fishes of Wisconsin. Sturgeon are living fossils, appearing first about 136 million years ago when the dinosaurs still roamed the earth. They have retained many primitive characteristics that have been lost or modified in other modern-day fishes.
Lake sturgeon, an ancient fish native to the Great Lakes region, can grow to be more than six feet long, 200 pounds, and live more than 100 years. This “dinosaur fish” has teetered on the brink of extinction since the late 19th century.
24 sty 2020 · In Wisconsin, you can adopt and release a baby sturgeon or spear a giant one in Lake Winnebago, all part of an effort to bring back these ancient, mysterious fish to the Midwest. https://t.co/DAzBGxoL3d
DNR Ichthyologist John Lyons gives a hands-on lesson about the Longnose Gar, one of two Gar fish species in Wisconsin. Typically found near the surface, this...
The mighty lake sturgeon, a prehistoric dinosaur of a fish—a creature with a face only a mother could love. Well, a mother and thousands of people in Wisconsin. The sturgeon has faced extinction across the globe.
23 kwi 2010 · Wisconsin's prehistoric fish survived whatever killed the dinosaurs and now the Department of Natural Resources and volunteers want to keep it that way by keeping a close watch on the...
