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  • biomedicalephemera: Acipenser transmontanus and Acipenser rupertinus (now Acipenser fulvescens) - White Sturgeon and Lake Sturgeon Some fish are just plain terrifying. Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. John Richardson, 1836.

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    Acipenser transmontanus and Acipenser rupertinus (now Acipenser fulvescens) - White Sturgeon and Lake Sturgeon

    Some fish are just plain terrifying.

    Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. John Richardson, 1836.

    Tagged: fish icthyology natural history sturgeon 1800s 1830s 1836 expedition Comparative Anatomy scales british america Acipenser

    Posted on December 15, 2011 via Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils with 121 notes

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    11. impromptulobotomy reblogged this from apinetree and added:
      Aah, there used to be a baby sturgeon at the nature center I work at. He was so effing cute~
    12. apinetree reblogged this from hartzol and added:
      I agree, adorable! I loved studying these guys in my ichthyology class!
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      I hope by “terrifying” they mean “adorable”
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