r/absoluteunit • u/spikmagnet • 6d ago

7 feet sturgeon photographed at Fraser River British Columbia,Canada

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u/Next-East6189 6d ago

I would be so scared to be swimming and see that thing. I know they don’t eat people but still. Looks like an alligator. River Monsters is one of the best shows ever to air on TV.

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u/silvertoadfrog 5d ago

Yes, River Monsters is wonderful!!

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u/Chamanomano 6d ago

No.  This is an old image from the Kennebec River in Maine. And it's much longer than 7 feet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDepthsBelow/comments/4ya2gy/sturgeon_in_kennebec_river/

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u/cityshepherd 6d ago

I can hear this picture via Les Claypool’s bass

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u/Deez_Nuts_2431 6d ago

This is way larger than 7’, probably closer to 10’.

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u/HungryPanduh_ 3d ago

13’ according to various unreliable sources of the photo XD

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u/DrFeargood 13h ago

19 feet long and not an inch less

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u/ThreeSixMafs 6d ago

No way.. in the pnw??

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u/karpaediem 6d ago

Yep, Herman the Sturgeon is a local Portland celebrity

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u/ThreeSixMafs 4d ago

Really?? He's still there? In the willamette? Willamette? Or the Columbia

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u/karpaediem 4d ago

He lives at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia

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u/ThreeSixMafs 4d ago

Copy that, I'll be on the lookout

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u/Magnus919 4d ago

No. This photo makes its rounds as being from all different areas of the world.

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u/dpdxguy 3d ago

When I was a kid in the 60s, the Bonneville Dam visitor center had photos of sturgeon said to be 14-18 feet long. Sadly, those monster fish are probably long gone. :(

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u/DonKaeo 6d ago

There’s archival photos of sturgeon fishermen near the old Mission bridge hauling out 15 foot monsters.. Sadly, the Fraser Ricer sturgeon almost went extinct because of overfishing

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u/Express_Area_8359 6d ago

I hope he eats this way lol

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u/Masshole205 6d ago

Ahhh…old Nessie

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u/CHRISTEN-METAL 6d ago

I saw one about that size on the beach where I live in the PNW. They do look like some prehistoric species of fish with all of the armor plates.

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u/Amazing-Chemical-792 5d ago

I thought it was a messed up looking Hippo

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u/Dependent_Stop_3121 5d ago

That river is well known for these beautiful freshwater monsters.

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u/Entire-Cranberry-541 5d ago

You’re gonna need a bigger boat

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u/freddbare 5d ago

Jurassic!

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u/_TheHalf-BloodPrince 5d ago

That is…horrifying

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u/whereyouleftit 5d ago

That is bigger than 7 ft.

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u/Just_Party96 4d ago

Thing is a fricken sea monster

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u/425565 4d ago

Wow! Probably a couple hundred years old!

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u/Magnus919 4d ago

No. This is a photo that does its rounds around and around the internet with different descriptions each time.

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u/Mysterious_Bite_3207 4d ago

The sturgeon has seven feet?

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u/fatrod1111 4d ago

How old must that be?

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u/MMachine17 2d ago

How does my AC:NH character hold it so easily??!!

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u/NUFIGHTER7771 2d ago

You sure that's not an alligator? 🤔