<body><div>Yes, they actually are from the Jurassic era. These prehistoric creatures are four months old and are now in the St. Louis River.The Great Lakes Indian Fish &amp; Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) shared on their Facebook Page photos of a recent stocking of the St. Louis River.The Fon du Lac's Natural Resources Department released more than 1,700 sturgeon into the St. Louis River, which flows into Lake Superior.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1LJuPV_0vkgpI1H00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1LJuPV_0vkgpI1H00" width="1536" height="2048" ><figcaption>. Credit: Great Lakes Indian Fish &amp; Wildlife Commission via Facebook</figcaption></figure>Sturgeon species have been around for around 200 million years. They once were killed by fisherman as a nuisance fish because they would damage gear. Then, commercial <a href="https://b105country.com/tags/fishing/">fishing</a> targeted them for their eggs, and their population became endangered.Organizations started to rehabilitate the species and started stocking them. They are now considered a threatened species.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2PwGGa_0vkgpI1H00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2PwGGa_0vkgpI1H00" width="2048" height="1536" ><figcaption>. Credit: Great Lakes Indian Fish &amp; Wildlife Commission via Facebook</figcaption></figure>The Fond du Lac's Natural Resources Department started stocking the surgeons in 1998. Sturgeons are important to Native American culture and history. The word for sturgeon in Ojibwe is Name.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0xsrqq_0vkgpI1H00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0xsrqq_0vkgpI1H00" width="1536" height="2048" ><figcaption>Credit: Great Lakes Indian Fish &amp; Wildlife Commission via Facebook</figcaption></figure>According to the post, biologist Eric Torvinen says this year's egg harvest was successful for the strong fall stock of fish. They are already 8 inches long.Did you know that these fish can live longer than humans? It's amazing. Males only live to around 55 years old, but females can live on average between 80-150 years!That means there are hypothetical fish out there that were born in 1874. That's only 10 years after the Civil War!<h2>LOOK: 20 of the biggest insects in the world</h2><a href="https://stacker.com/">Stacker</a> compiled a list of 20 of the biggest insects in the world using a variety of news, scientific, and other sources.</div></body>

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Yes, they actually are from the Jurassic era. These prehistoric creatures are four months old and are now in the St. Louis River. The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) shared on their Facebook Page photos of a recent stocking of the St. Louis River. The Fon du...