Looking like a creature that should be swimming around in the background in a “Jurassic Park” movie, the armored sturgeon is like no other freshwater fish. A true dinosaur, it can grow to epic size and live much longer than most other aquatic creatures.
In a TikTok video that’s been viewed more than 33 million times, fisherman Yves Bisson, who specializes in catching sturgeon, showed off his catch of the 10 1/2-foot, 500- to 600-pound sturgeon on March 6 in the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. Bisson said this is the biggest fish he’s ever seen before.
Sturgeon typically grow to be 7 to 12 feet long, and feed on shellfish, crustaceans and smaller fish. They’re not speedy predators, relying instead on stealth and ambush.
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