LIVE STURGEON WEBCAM
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- Location: Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
- Source: The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
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Info: Live sturgeon webcam at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut.
The sturgeon touch tank shown, gives visitors an up-close encounter with Atlantic sturgeon, whose ancestors swam through the water long before dinosaurs roamed!
Atlantis sturgeon are found between Canada and Florida and can grow up to 14 feet long and live up to 60 years.
More info: Atlantic sturgeon are anadromous fish, which means they spend most of their life in salt water but spawn in freshwater rivers. Atlantic sturgeon head out to sea as sub-adults, and return to their birthplace to spawn, or lay eggs, when they reach adulthood.
Atlantic sturgeon are bottom feeders. They typically consume invertebrates, such as crustaceans, worms, and mollusks, and bottom-dwelling fish, such as sand lance.