# 60,000 Sturgeon gathered in one mass. Wow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882 "2008-05-19T19:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/1 "2008-05-19T19:23:04Z")
They thought the dam was breaking up under water. Divers do an emergency check on the dam. A mass of sturgeon are found at the base. They mention 60,000 sturgeon with this incident, which is amazing. [Article here.](http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/05/_when_sonar_surveys_spotted.html) ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/2 "2008-05-19T19:31:11Z")
Wow, that’s a lot of fish. When I first watched the video, I was wondering what gutsy diver they got to take that footage, and upon further reading, found that it was a submersible. Thank god. I know they’re plant eating fish, but they still scare the beejeebus out of me by their sheer size. Nice article though. Learned something new too, sea lions eat sturgeon. huh…who knew… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/3 "2008-05-19T19:37:33Z")
My dad is at Boneville Dam this summer, I wonder if he’s heard anything about this. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/4 "2008-05-19T20:37:05Z")
Maybe they all got together to play Twister? Pretty cool… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/5 "2008-05-19T21:07:20Z")
Say, **Qadgop** , aren’t you a sturgeon? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/6 "2008-05-19T21:46:25Z")
Some of them looked scarred and knocked about. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/7 "2008-05-20T00:16:25Z")
90 percent of them were carp. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/8 "2008-05-20T00:19:16Z")
[QUOTE=TPWombat] 90 percent of them were carp. [/QUOTE] Whatta bunch of bullcarp. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/9 "2008-05-20T00:25:43Z")
[QUOTE=TPWombat] 90 percent of them were carp. [/QUOTE] Weren’t no carps in the video I watched (from the link). ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/10 "2008-05-20T00:48:07Z")
[QUOTE=TPWombat] 90 percent of them were carp. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Rysdad] Weren’t no carps in the video I watched (from the link). [/QUOTE] [It’s actually very funny.](http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Sturgeon's+Law) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/11 "2008-05-20T00:52:13Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] Weren’t no carps in the video I watched (from the link). [/QUOTE] I thought I saw some short faced sturgeon with whiskers. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/12 "2008-05-20T01:13:20Z")
[QUOTE=TPWombat] 90 percent of them were carp. [/QUOTE] That was both very subtle and hysterically funny. Thank you for that, **TP**. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/13 "2008-05-20T01:21:26Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] That was both very subtle and hysterically funny. [/QUOTE] I don’t get it. Oh, _ **WELL,** _ Theodore Sturgeon. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/14 "2008-05-20T04:59:10Z")
Damn, that’s a good joke. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/15 "2008-05-20T11:03:02Z")
Maybe they were trying to get to the Obama rally. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/16 "2008-05-20T11:46:58Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Maybe they were trying to get to the Obama rally. [/QUOTE] I half expected to come in here to find [this picture](http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_04/ObamaAP_1905_468x330.jpg) again. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/17 "2008-05-20T11:54:15Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] Say, **Qadgop** , aren’t you a sturgeon? [/QUOTE] If memory serves, he’s a sturgeon for the incarpcerated. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/18 "2008-05-20T12:06:11Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Maybe they were trying to get to the Obama rally. [/QUOTE] Looks more like some kind of uprising. An insturgeoncy, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/19 "2008-05-20T12:12:39Z")
They probably gathered under orders from the Sturgeon General. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882/20 "2008-05-20T15:57:18Z")
Now! Now! Let’s not be having a roe over this you rapscallions. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-000-sturgeon-gathered-in-one-mass-wow/449882.md?page=2)