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Fish of the Day

Today's fish of the day is the lake sturgeon!

The lake sturgeon, also called the rock sturgeon, and known by scientific name Acipenser fulvescens is one of the best known North American sturgeon species! Found in and around the great lakes, and then across the Mississippi river and Erie canal. Found in 5 differing Canadian provinces and across 24 states stretching from Alabama to Michigan, and as far East as New York. These fish are benthic, spending their time along the bottom of the lake bed, but during spawning these fish will migrate thousands of miles to go back to the stream they were born in.

Like all sturgeon, they are considered living fossils, as sturgeon first appeared in the fossil record upwards of 150 million years ago, with the fish now appearing nearly identical to these ancestors. These fish can get 7 feet or longer, with most being only 4 to 6 feet in length, making them some of the largest sturgeon in North America. Their diet is made up of various invertebrates such as: larvae, small crustaceans, and worms, which they can find along the benthic lake and river beds. The 4 barbels found on these fish have taste buds, which are used to determine what is under their mouth, before they use their prehensile lips to suck up food. When food becomes scarce, these fish are known for migrating for better feeding, which happens semi frequently around the year.

The life cycle of the lake sturgeon is similar to that of most other sturgeons. They begin life as eggs laid in the location their parents were born, in fast paced river streams with lots of flat rocks. The eggs themselves are a bright yellow color, although as the eggs matures this will turn an olive and eventually brown over the course of about 2 weeks. Then they live as larvae only 10mm long, living in and around the dark underside of rocks. After this, as juveniles they will swim to lake environments, where they will spend the majority of their life cycle. These fish can live 55 years long in males and around 150 years for females, with sexual maturity being achieved at an age of around 10 years in males and 30 years in females. Breeding and spawning only happens intermittently every handful of years, and go through around 10 spawning seasons throughout their lifecycle.

For a fun fact to end on for these fish because I'm particularly fond of them, when they reach the stream they will spawn in, these fish are known to porpoise, jumping several feet into the air to end their long journey. That's the lake sturgeon everybody! Have a wonderful day!

So um

I finished Adventure Time yesterday

I am not okay 👍

In celebration, a drawing of dark-skinned Marcy! Come at me all you want I love her

To get better grades

Why are you lgbtq+? wrong answers only GO

YIPPEE TURTLE ‼️

I did something different with the lineart because I was feeling lazy :P

Woe, my OC be upon ye

Basically all you need to know is that Billy Boo travels around with four of her friends in a medieval-style fantasy world where the people are humanoid cats. If I ever figure the plot out I want to turn it into a webcomic called Caravan!

Most of the main characters are based on real cats, so here’s irl Billy Boo!

She’s my old neighbor’s cat and has an extra finger :D

Been thinking about the book Loveless lately, so I couldn’t resist drawing some fanart of Georgia!

After I started reading Heartstopper, my friend recommended Loveless to me. All throughout I related to Georgia even more than I had any fictional character in the past. During the scene when Sunil was telling Georgia was asexual and aromantic meant, I teared up.

That was the moment I realized I’m aroace.

This book is beautiful and it helped me in ways I don’t even think I fully understand. Thank you so much Alice Oseman. 💙🩵🤍💛🧡

We were taking notes on the Great Depression plus its causes during my ELA class and when I saw that all I could think was…

You know those chocolate covered coffee beans? I feel like those would be Shadow’s favorite desert type thing.

Except he only eats the like 80% dark chocolate cacao ones. Otherwise they’re too sweet for his taste.

Here is my combined fandoms au thingy…? My first real fandom that I interacted with I believe was My Little Pony. Currently I’m hyerfocused on Warrior cats!

I’ve seen people do this before so it’s not that weird I guess? I think it’s neat!

I drew Fluttershy as a Warrior cat! I call her Flutterheart. She gives off medicine cat vibes 🫶

Oh fuck i forgot how to draw