This photograph of a sturgeon has been making the rounds on Facebook lately, freaking people out because they couldn’t figure out what it was.
It has come to my attention that many people find this picture scary - but I actually think sturgeon are big squishy babies? I mean
look
at their faces
HOW CAN YOU SAY NO TO THAT? And their mouths:
Sturgeon are actually bottom-feeders! They don’t even have teeth.
But I really can see why people are creeped out by them! They look like dinosaurs. And they kind of are, in a way - they’re a relic of a bygone era, dating back over 208 million years ago to the Triassic period.
The sad thing about this, though, is that since sturgeon grow so large, live so long, and have survived on our planet for so many years, they reproduce very, very slowly. Over the years, this has led to the decline of sturgeon populations, with some subspecies - like the kaluga - becoming critically endangered.
Maybe it’s because I saw them on River Monsters (one of my favorite wildlife shows! Seriously, go check it out), but I’ve always had a massive soft spot for sturgeon. The only dangerous thing about them is that they sometimes breach out of the water, and this tendency has occasionally led to the deaths of boaters because they’re so massive.
(Side note: I saw a sturgeon while I was at the aquarium portion of the Biodome, and it was SO CUTE AND IT WAS SO BIG AND I LOVED IT AND I JUST SPENT LIKE 45 MINUTES WATCHING IT SWIM AROUND.)
Also, here’s a babby sturgeon because they are very cute and very smol.
There are sturgeon all over in the lake I live on (Lake Michigan, the winter hellhole) and honestly they’re just slow and skittish so
I live on lake Huron and very rarely do we see these guys. When it’s ice fishing season someone will catch one or two on accident. The last one in my area that was caught was 11 feet long.
They’re like ?? Weirdly drawn to the marina my brother works at ? It’s strange to see them leave he depths and yet they surface now and again and they’re pretty neato
Audino was one of those Pokemon I glanced over in Pokemon Y, but I watched the anime episode where it Mega Evolves and oh my goodness. I can’t say for certain but I’m sure I died, especially after seeing the heart on the bunny like footies. It might have topped Mawile and Kangaskhan as best Mega (I need to participate in a new Pokkedex(y)). Needless to say I need to give this Pokemon another look.
I figured Nidorina would want to be just as cute, even if Audino and Mega Evolution are anachronisms in this series. Just for fun, now I wonder what a unique “Mega Evolution” would look like on her, based on her personality (there’d be a heart motif no doubt). That or an Ash-Greninja deal. Maybe I’ll doodle something some day and see how much cute I can cram into her design. Or maybe someone else can take a stab at it if they want. Or maybe nothing will happen. Who knows what comes next on this crazy planet.
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