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Wisconsin DNR tags 7-foot-3, 240-pound, 125-year-old sturgeon
Duluth News Triubune ^
| April 11, 2012
| : Associated Press report
Posted on 04/11/2012 6:40:42 PM PDT by DManA
SHAWANO, Wis. The state Department of Natural Resources has tagged a 125-year-old sturgeon that's the size of a football linebacker and is the largest on record in Wisconsin.
Officials found the 7-foot-3-inch long, 240-pound female sturgeon in the Wolf River near Shawano on Tuesday, DNR sturgeon biologist Ron Bruch said. He estimated the fish was born around 1887, when Grover Cleveland was president.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: likeasturgeon
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To: NavyCanDo
Are they older or do they grow faster?
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posted on
04/11/2012 7:16:05 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Rebelbase
That’s how I first read it too.
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posted on
04/11/2012 7:24:42 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
(Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
04/11/2012 7:27:26 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: 2111USMC
I went back to re-read it when I got to the part that said it was a big a linebacker.
That’s one big linebacker.
To: DManA
I have read that apparently some fish don’t seem to have an upper limit to their lives once they become large enough to be at the top of the food chain in their environment, and no disease, injury or toxin gets to them. Supposedly, there were one-ton catfish in the Mississippi River when the early settlers arrived. That may have worked out to several hundred years of age.
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posted on
04/11/2012 7:32:14 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: DManA
7’ 3”, 240? It’ll end up a Kentucky Wildcat.
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posted on
04/11/2012 7:33:11 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
( go in peace , serve the Lord)
To: carriage_hill
please do not question the government . now go back about your business
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posted on
04/11/2012 7:34:50 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
( go in peace , serve the Lord)
To: DManA; girlangler
Wow! Girl, you’re going to want to see this.
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posted on
04/11/2012 7:36:31 PM PDT
by
Grammy
To: 2111USMC
If you read REALLY fast it was 3,240,125 lbs. ggg
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posted on
04/11/2012 7:38:32 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: DManA
It must be very expensive for a 7-foot-3, 240-pound, 125-year-old sturgeon to get malpractice insurance.
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posted on
04/11/2012 8:01:34 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
WI Ping
Sturgeon Recalled From Lake Near Shawano.
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posted on
04/11/2012 8:32:58 PM PDT
by
TheConservativeParty
("Liberalism lives in a gated community surrounded by a mote." R.H.Limbaugh 4-3-2012)
To: carriage_hill
By examining the spine in the pectoral fin the age of the fish can be determined. A thin section of the spine is cut and examined under a magnifying scope. Visible in the section are rings, somewhat like the growth rings in a tree trunk. By counting the rings, biologists can determine the age of the fish.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/hinckley/rivers/sturgeonstudy.html
In dead fish that have decomposed they examine the otoliths and count the rings. They can age them to the day using this method in some species.
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posted on
04/11/2012 8:55:10 PM PDT
by
free me
(heartless)
To: DManA
Thought sturgeons were like catfish, no scales.
How do you age a fish with no scales?
Alligator Gar get bigger than that in less/fewer years. But they have scales. And they can get hugh, I am series
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posted on
04/11/2012 9:38:28 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(I Shall Remain. FUBO: GOD BLESS DICK CHENEY! D.C. FOREVER!)
To: carriage_hill
How do you tell the age of a fish? In Wisconsin it's easy. They just checked its voting record. It's been a good Democrat.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:12:27 PM PDT
by
sjmjax
(Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
To: TheConservativeParty; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; ...
Wisconsin Big Fish ping
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
To: Joe 6-pack
I have had both red and black caviar...they both taste like salty BB’s.
To: free me
Thanks; that’s very enlightening. I never knew it. I always thought it was a size vs growth “educated” guess, or something along those lines. Can they do that with ancient human remains, too? Or is it carbon dating the bone/fossils?
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posted on
04/12/2012 3:37:59 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(I'd vote for a "orange juice can", before 0bummer&HisRegimeFromHell, gets another 4yrs. Can-> later.)
To: sjmjax
LOL! Makes perfect sense to me.
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04/12/2012 3:38:38 AM PDT
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Carriage Hill
(I'd vote for a "orange juice can", before 0bummer&HisRegimeFromHell, gets another 4yrs. Can-> later.)
To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
If youd like to be on or off this Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.
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posted on
04/12/2012 5:17:16 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(As a black man, you know, Barack could get shot going to the gas station, M Obama)
To: carriage_hill
How do you tell the age of a fish?It told the DNR pointyheads its memories of being caught and released by a teenaged Helen Thomas.
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04/12/2012 6:10:29 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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