Giant fish found in Detroit River may be over 100 years old

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Scientists were in for a shock when they encountered a 'real life river monster' -- a giant fish believed to be more than 100 years old.

Scientists were in for a shock when they encountered a"real life river monster" -- a giant fish believed to be more than 100 years old.

Staff from the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office caught the fish -- a female lake sturgeon measuring 6' 10" and weighing a whopping 240 pounds -- in the Detroit River in April.Experts think the fish is one of the largest lake sturgeon ever recorded in the US, and based on the creature's girth and size, they said it is assumed to be female and more than 100 years old.

 

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And they killed it? Ugh!

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Nobody better tell gun totin' DJT Jr about this or he'll go kill it!! Glad it was released. A prize that has lived that long doesnt deserve to be mounted on someone's wall! Old fish lives matter too!!

Looks like a dude fish?

They found My gold fish I flushed down the commdoe

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Good to know she was released back to enjoy her remaining 50 years

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protect this elder fish

Hopefully they released it

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WHY would anyone want to kill this beautiful old fish? I’m disgusted she ended such a long life this way.

Please don’t attempt to kill him for your own interest!!!

You should be polite to elderly river monsters too

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Did they release it back into the lake? Practice what you preach catch and release.

So they killed it ?

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Really glad it was released it would have been a travesty not to have.

Biden took a swim in the swamp!

Leave it alone

Don’t you think that labeling a basically harmless representative of endangered species as MONSTER is highly unethical? I understand that the dictionary definition of MONSTER doesn’t imply its malevolence - but common understanding returns KILL IT! as a first natural reaction 🙁

And so the killed it!!

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