50,000 artificial sturgeons born in China
2011-12-15 03:47:40 GMT2011-12-15 11:47:40(Beijing Time)
China Daily
A total of 50,000 artificially propagated acipenser sinensis, Chinese sturgeon, have been born in Yichang, Central China's Hubei province to increase wild stocks of the rare species. Strugeons, found in the Yangtze River, are one of the oldest creatures on the planet and are thought to have lived at the same time as dinosaurs, dating back 140 million years ago. The world's first batch of 20,000 artificially bred Chinese sturgeons was born in Hubei in 2009. [Photo/Xinhua]
A school of young Chinese sturgeons bred in Yichang. The species, known as a living fossil, date back to 140 million years ago. [Photo/Xinhua]
A school of young Chinese sturgeons with the appearance of tadpoles have been bred in Yichang. [Photo/Xinhua]
Volunteers release a Chinese sturgeon, a rare species that lives in the Yangtze River, into a section of the river in Yichang, April 14, 2011. A total of 141 sturgeons were released into the river. [File photo/China Daily]
A total of 50,000 artificially propagated acipenser sinensis, Chinese sturgeon, have been born in Yichang, Central China's Hubei province to increase wild stocks of the rare species. Strugeons, found in the Yangtze River, are one of the oldest creatures on the planet and are thought to have lived at the same time as dinosaurs, dating back 140 million years ago. The world's first batch of 20,000 artificially bred Chinese sturgeons was born in Hubei in 2009.
