184 million years of separation, whew.
I'd never heard of crossbreeding paddlefish and sturgeon, I guess they didn't teach us about in in *school*. /rimshot
Posted on 07/21/2020 1:53:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
In studying the hundreds of offspring produced, which some on the internet have named sturddlefish, the researchers found that they fell into one of three main categories: those that looked mostly like their mothers, those that looked mostly like their fathers and those that inherited features of both parents.
Both of the parent fish are endangered, and they would not have had any chance of reproducing in the wild—as their names suggest, the paddlefish live in the U.S. and the sturgeon live in Russia. They are both considered to be "living fossils" by scientists because they have not changed very much over a very long period of time. The researchers note that it is believed their last common ancestor went as far back as 184 million years ago—when the dinosaurs were still roaming the Earth. They also note that the two fish species have more in common than many might think—they both have spiral valve intestines, for example, and scaleless skin and cartilaginous endoskeletons. The researchers also believe the offspring, like most crossbred offspring, are infertile.
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lemme know when they create Struddle-Fish- I love Struddle
Is that where all the antifa/BLMers came from? /s
“The researchers also believe the offspring, like most crossbred offspring, are infertile.”
Darn, no caviar then.
184 million years of separation, whew.
I'd never heard of crossbreeding paddlefish and sturgeon, I guess they didn't teach us about in in *school*. /rimshot
How do they taste over a grill?
I was told there would be murder hornets.
“Accidentally” lol
Can you fry em?
I went and bought an under barrel murder hornet launcher. Damn.
They look like Sturgeon. The only fish I eat is tuna fish in tuna melts. I don’t eat seafood at all.
“paddlefish live in the U.S. and the sturgeon live in Russia.”
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We have got to get these 2 together!
Until it turns out they're not.
Accident or not, they’ll have to pay support until the fish are grown and gone.
You may have started an alliteration nightmare.
sturddle-colludin-and-canoodelin
Try some high quality sardines, boneless and skinless in olive oil. Excellent and super healthy. You mean you have never had a nice grilled wild salmon fillet with a side of rice and veggies? Yum!
Well, infertile doesn’t mean they can’t produce eggs, just that they probably can’t successfully fertilize the eggs.
Dunno, but I'd guess the caviar is not that great.
Wisconsin has so many Sturgeon (Lake and Shovelnose) that we have a 16 day season dedicated to spearing as many of them as possible. (The take is usually around 1K on a good year.)
Sturgeon aren’t endangered...unless they’re saying they are in Russia?
Why not use our Shovelnose species and invent a useful critter that is part Paddle, part Shovel?
*SNORT*
invent a useful critter that is part Paddle, part Shovel?
Would that be a shaddle or a Phovel?
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