Say THAT five times fast! 
Michell Ma has a story about sturgeon in today’s Seattle Times:
Nearly 1,500 white sturgeon became stranded last week within Port Susan Bay’s shallow channels near Stanwood, apparently while searching for food. Almost all survived by swimming back into the depths of Puget Sound after the tide came in several hours later.
She’s put together a great little sidebar about sturgeon, too:
White sturgeon
The largest freshwater fish in North America, white sturgeon can grow to 10 feet in length and weigh 400 pounds or more.
They are born in several West Coast rivers, then can migrate out to estuaries and coastal waters to feed.
They resemble sharks and have a series of bony plates for protection.
They grow slowly, maturing in eight to 20 years. They can easily live 100 years.
As bottom dwellers, they feed on small fish, shellfish, insects, worms and other organisms. Their toothless mouths suck up food.
