Posted on 01/14/2022 9:15:55 AM PST by Red Badger
Afish long believed to be extinct in Ohio for 82 years has been rediscovered in the state, government wildlife officials proudly declared.
The small longhead darter was thought to have been last captured in the Buckeye State in 1939. For decades the species was considered extirpated in Ohio, meaning the fish was extinct locally but could be found in other locations.
In a Facebook post shared on January 6, the ODW said: "Who dis [this]? Believe it or not it's a longhead darter.
"Why are we so excited? This striking creature, native to Ohio, was thought to be extirpated from the state. That was until fish management crews captured two this fall during Ohio River electrofish bass surveys.
"These were the first captures in Ohio since 1939 when Milton B. Trautman captured seven in the Walhonding River, a principal tributary of the Muskingum River in east-central Ohio."
Longhead darters can be identified by their bright olive-yellow scales and the dark spot at the base of their tail fins. They can reach 4.5-5 inches in length and are considered to be a small to medium-sized fish.
But the Ohio Division of Wildlife (ODW) declared the plucky little fish was no longer extinct in the state after two were captured in the Ohio River in the fall.
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Can we eat’em?
The extinction of this fish was obviously caused by global warming and income inequality.
Oh, wait.
LOL!
You missed white supremacy, I’m sure that was in there somewhere.
It is not extinct if it lives somewhere.
There are many species of ducks that become extinct in Florida every summer.
World hide and seek champion.....
At 4.0 - 4.5 inches they might be a little bony..................
That will probably be a very expensive find.
Meanwhile: 99.9999999999+% of all species that have inhabited the Earth are extinct and yet people want to act like it’s a tragedy and the fault of humans when an animal or plant goes extinct. Every living thing does the following constantly for as long as it lives: It tries to expand its habitat and numbers at the expense of every other living thing on the planet.
The so-called “Web of Life” is a permanent life and death war with winner and losers every day.
Developers beware.
Oh, Gawd, no.
OUt here in CaCaLand this sort of “discovery” means that a once common critter is now put on the endangered species list — and all water projects anywhere in the area must cease, even if they are vitally needed to save human lives.
The fish isn’t endangered or threatened. This is a 4 inch fish BTW.
They found two and stated they are no longer extinct.
Then they killed those two and now it is extinct again.
And yet the world carried on without them. But now that they found one, the world will end if they do go extinct. So we better have a massive government power grab to save them.
darn... was just gonna post my in before abe vigoda...
After 82 years i’d think the stink would go away.
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