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Saturday, April 2, 2011

A Moment of Randomness for You

In my purging, I also found a newspaper clipping from November, 1987.



THAT was pulled out of Lake Washington, in Seattle.  (Sorry, the quality isn't very good.)

It's a 900# female sturgeon (found dead), that had about 100# of caviar inside her.  They think it probably died of old age, and they can live 100 years.  Yah.

But, swimmers, fear not.  They're bottom feeders.  Still... I wouldn't want that thing brushing up against my legs!
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10 comments:

  1. Cathy M.April 2, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    What a fish! Is sturgeon caviar eaten? I don't know much about caviar.

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  2. Joey Lynn RescinitiApril 2, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Gives more credibility to the Loch Ness Monster, no?

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  3. Herding GrasshoppersApril 2, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    Joey, it's kind of funny, because apparently before they found the fish there had been reports of a "duck-eating monster". Yah.

    Cathy, there are several kind of sturgeon and the beluga sturgeon are the ones famous for their caviar. This freshwater sturgeon was in a large (urban!) lake and I have no idea if it's a kind of caviar people eat. To be honest, I can't imagine being hungry enough to want to eat fish eggs. Which probably goes to show just how uncultured I am!

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  4. JulieApril 3, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    That is one enormous fish! Imagine what 100# (is that lbs?) of caviar would fetch!

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  5. leahApril 3, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    I may never swim in our lake again. EGADS!

    I have no desire to eat fish eggs, either. Blech (I'm definitely not a gourmet, lol)!

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  6. Mrs. SquirrelApril 3, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    Amazing photo!

    Agreed - I would not want that brushing up against me, either!

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  7. Mrs. SquirrelApril 3, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    Hi, Mrs. Grasshopper! I have an unrelated question for you:

    I'm trying to get my blog back into some active shape. I wondered if you would mind if I used a form of your "Grasshopper Days" as a basis for some posts? I do like how you share snippets of your life and it might actually be something I can do that won't disrupt my schooling.

    Did you find that template somewhere, or create your own?

    Thanks much!
    -Mrs. Squirrel :D

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  8. Herding GrasshoppersApril 3, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    Mrs. Squirrel,

    I'll leave you the info at your blog - glad you're back :D

    Julie

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  9. Mrs. SquirrelApril 3, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Thanks much for everything!

    Hugs to you :)

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  10. The Hibbard FamilyApril 8, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Oh my goodness! That is a huge fish! (And yes, I'm slow - trying to get caught up on blog reading and maybe stay caught up! Ha!)

    ~Ann

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