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Index of Subjects --_ca1f57d2-e836-43fa-b21c-84f1cf8a324c_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Randy & all=2C=20 I'd love to see a photo of the sturgeon if you have one...=20 :) Jen=20 From: randy.lauff@gmail.com Date: Thu=2C 10 Sep 2015 17:17:53 -0300 Subject: [NatureNS] Atlantic Sturgeon=2C beached partial skeleton To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca When Billy Digout emailed me and said friends of his found something odd on= the beach near Walkerville=2C Rich. Co.=2C I was cautiously excited. As soon as I opened the package I knew it had to be a sturgeon! I devote ab= out ten minutes to the sturgeons and their allies in my Comparative Anatomy= course=2C and among other things I emphasize that these Bony Fish actually= have a skeleton of cartilage. I now know that the head skeleton is covered= by hard plates. Nothing like hands on experience to add to the learning ex= perience (mine in this case=2C my new students will get to see this specime= n in the future). I alerted DFO=2C and biologist Daphne Themelis got back to me. Based on the= size of the skull=2C she estimated the animal to be some 20 years old (whi= ch I believe is about when they start to mate) and around 1.6 metres=2C tot= al length. Still hooked onto the end of the skull was some skin with the characteristi= c scutes and some free scutes were found nearby as well. All will be a nice= addition to our collection here at StFX. We did not have any sturgeon mate= rial in our collection up to this point - so not just a new species=2C but = a whole new group of fishes (Chondrosteans) are now represented here. I want to thank the Burke family for reporting=2C collecting and temporaril= y housing this very special find. Randy Lauff _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County=2C NS.=0A= = --_ca1f57d2-e836-43fa-b21c-84f1cf8a324c_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt=3B font-family:Calibri } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>Hello Randy &=3B all=2C <br><= br>I'd love to see a photo of the sturgeon if you have one... <br><br>:) Je= n <br><br><div><hr id=3D"stopSpelling">From: randy.lauff@gmail.com<br>Date:= Thu=2C 10 Sep 2015 17:17:53 -0300<br>Subject: [NatureNS] Atlantic Sturgeon= =2C beached partial skeleton<br>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><br><div dir= =3D"ltr"><font size=3D"4">When Billy Digout emailed me and said friends of = his found something odd on the beach near Walkerville=2C Rich. Co.=2C I was= cautiously excited.</font><div><font size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><fon= t size=3D"4">As soon as I opened the package I knew it had to be a sturgeon= ! I devote about ten minutes to the sturgeons and their allies in my Compar= ative Anatomy course=2C and among other things I emphasize that these Bony = Fish actually have a skeleton of cartilage. I now know that the head skelet= on is covered by hard plates. Nothing like hands on experience to add to th= e learning experience (mine in this case=2C my new students will get to see= this specimen in the future).</font></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:la= rge=3B"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:large=3B">I alerted = DFO=2C and biologist Daphne Themelis got back to me. Based on the size of t= he skull=2C she estimated the animal to be some 20 years old (which I belie= ve is about when they start to mate) and around 1.6 metres=2C total length.= </span><font size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><br></font><= /div><div><font size=3D"4">Still hooked onto the end of the skull was some = skin with the characteristic scutes and some free scutes were found nearby = as well. All will be a nice addition to our collection here at StFX. We did= not have any sturgeon material in our collection up to this point - so not= just a new species=2C but a whole new group of fishes (Chondrosteans) are = now represented here.</font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><br></font></div><d= iv><font size=3D"4">I want to thank the Burke family for reporting=2C colle= cting and temporarily housing this very special find.</font></div><div><fon= t size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"4">Randy Lauff<br></font><= div><font size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:large= =3B">_________________________________</span><br></div><div><div><div class= =3D"ecxgmail_signature"><font size=3D"4">RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<= br>Antigonish County=2C NS.</font></div></div>=0A= </div></div></div></div> </div></body> </html>= --_ca1f57d2-e836-43fa-b21c-84f1cf8a324c_--
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