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Re:Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old:Scientists reth... by Razengan on Saturday September 12, 2026 @11:56AM (#49673678)
Poor thing

could it have been taken somewhere to have those hooks and threads removed?

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Re:Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old:Scientists reth... by tyjen on Saturday September 12, 2026 @12:27PM (#49674080)
Unfortunately, I imagine that procedure would significantly increase the probability of mortality, if not directly kill the fish.
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Re:Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old:Scientists reth... by ornornor on Saturday September 12, 2026 @02:59PM (#49675904)
Even better is to not put them there. How sadistic is it to rip the palate and mouth of a fish just for fun and put it back in the water?
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Re:Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old:Scientists reth... by Razengan on Saturday September 12, 2026 @03:14PM (#49676072)
Humans are full of cruelty, upon ourselves and other species

"Recreational" fishing is just another one of our barbarisms

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Re:Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old:Scientists reth... by DidntUseIt on Saturday September 12, 2026 @06:27PM (#49677866)
I see what you did there (etymologically)
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Re:Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old:Scientists reth... by Cpoll on Sunday September 13, 2026 @06:25AM (#49682282)
Not etymologically related, just homophones; barb (from French) and barbarian (from Greek) have distinct roots.
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Re:Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old:Scientists reth... by DidntUseIt on Saturday September 12, 2026 @06:30PM (#49677882)
They should have tried to communicate with it, learned its ways, and adopted its people
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Re:Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old:Scientists reth... by ahazred8ta on Saturday September 12, 2026 @08:45PM (#49678765)
"I should like to teach you the dance of my people" is from the Kikuyu fairy tale "The Warrior And The Irimũ".
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