Alberta man catches massive ‘living dinosaur’ on Fraser river

We are aware of the fact that dinosaurs are long gone. Indeed, it would be hard to believe that one can find a dinosaur now. However, in an astonishing discovery, a man in Alberta caught a massive ‘living dinosaur’ on the Fraser River. The fish caught in an 8-foot-six-inch-long sturgeon, called the “living dinosaur,” weighing 159 kilos.

“Roofing closes down in Alberta for the winter because of the cold weather, so we came out here so we could work during the cold weather,” Rouse told the outlet. “We had the weekend off, so we decided to go try our luck.” 

He and his girlfriend, Sidney Kozelenko, set out on a three-hour road trip to a Fraser River fishing site. Rouse was fortunate to catch a huge sturgeon. He had not anticipated doing so. Getting the beast near to the beach was a tedious task that took the couple approximately half an hour and helps from the kayak.

“I knew it was big,” he said. “You can tell it’s big because when you go to pull, it won’t move like, it won’t budge, and it’ll start running.” “As soon as it started running, I was like, ‘Okay, I need to hop in my kayak,’” he explained.

The earliest fossils of these primitive fish date back to the time 208-245 million years ago

At this point, Sidney realized he had a big catch on his hands and began filming it. The sturgeon was dragging Rouse all the way around the river, and it began to move downstream, according to Rouse. Sidney jumped in her boat and paddled after him as a result. The couple had no answer for the sturgeon’s immense might, but his quick-thinking girlfriend hooked the boats together with a rope and paddled him to safety.

After bringing the sturgeon to the shore, Rouse and Sidney are said to have released it back into the water. Because of their Triassic epoch origins, sturgeons are known as “living dinosaurs.” The earliest fossils of these primitive fish date back to the time 208-245 million years ago. There have been no major changes since then.

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