#favourite fish

[omatoxin]

coelacanth my truest friend <3

[oh-sturg-art]

Day 22 of Fishuary! My favourite

Prompt: Favourite Fish

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Okay. Okay okay

It’s no secret I love sturgeon. For a lot of reasons. This is gonna be a long one

My first introduction to sturgeon came from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. No I’m not even kidding. I thought they looked like tiny dragons, and thus my new favourite animal was born. Sturgeon are the reason I got into marine biology in the first place! I don’t regret it at all

Sturgeon are ancient, older than dinosaurs. They’re the apex of their evolution, much like sharks are, having gone through hundreds of millions of years to perfect their niche in the ecosystem. They grow to massive sizes, even the smallest species growing to 3 feet! Not to mention how muscly they are, being armoured with boney scutes. Their skeleton is almost entirely cartilage, with the exception of their skull! They can live decades, some even getting to a century or more. That’s a crazy lifespan! Additionally, many species can tolerate varying salinity levels at different stages of their life.

My specific favourite species are white sturgeon! Acipenser transmontanus are native to North American waterways, mostly on the western side. I find them beautiful and colourful, even if their tones are muted compared to some other more colourful species. I swear we have some at my workplace but I have no way to check other than visual ID!! Ugh

Unfortunately, almost every sturgeon species (there’s 27 total species worldwide) are some degree of endangered. Almost all are critically endangered, which is the stage right before being extinct in the wild. 2 species are unaccounted for, 1 having gone missing with no hints of where it might be and 1 leaving biological traces, but still having not been sighted in a long while. A huge contributor to their status involves unsustainable fishing practices, habitat destruction, global warming, and caviar harvesting. Please protect these beautiful creatures, they’re really something else!

[aristoteliancomplacency]

I have died and am dead.

[birdcatt]

there should be unlockable cosmetics and it's all fishing shirts

[nickyroethemarinebiologist]

Guh....sturgeon time...

[gabelew]

captain bazz's adventures in demoralizing the youth

featuring teen sidon being just too impressed by his first fancy drink

[sopuu]

top ten creeper trickshots

[neirmetes]

Me @ Void JRWI

[terrazooid]

He owns at least 11 of them

[ballet-in-a-football-field]

Trope

A: I would die for you

B: I would watch the whole wolrd burn over and over if it was the only way to save you

[micahdoesmusic]

A little fnc edit,, as a treat….

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[art creds (the best evers): @lanladesu , @saturndigital , @kutakunagasblog , @skywerse , @wasyago]

[song: ‘My Love Mine All Mine’ by Mitski]

[futurequibblerjournalist]

Modern Barty would turn pictures of his friends into reaction images and he’d use them all the damn time

[vinzulu]

[dungeon-meshi-tournament]

Masterpost

[imerian]

Made this keychain while i was sad for Logan after the race. I'm so happy with the result and also i think doodles and references come out good ฅ⁠^⁠•⁠ﻌ⁠•⁠^⁠ฅ

I put more pics under cut if you want to see!!!

There some photos without any drawings plus just doodles bc it's easy to miss something with how much I going on there 😭

Also i finally have plase to rumble about every little detail (tags)

[fuckyeahcoelacanths]

I first learned of Coelacanths from an episode of Octonauts where they meet one after finding a fossil of one.

How did you first learn of these amazing fish?

HOLY SMOKES, OCTONAUTS DID A COELACANTH EPISODE???

Alas, the only YouTube clips I've found are people actually recording their TVs or tablets with their phones. That hurts my soul.

Good lord, though, that is an ADORABLE COELACANTH.

I feel like I've always known about coelacanths, but this helped: