Rare sturgeon nearing extinction
By Wang Yanfei in Yichang, Hubei | China Daily | Updated: 2015-12-10 07:59
Species that dates back 140 million years could be gone in as little as 37
Scientists searching for endangered wild Chinese sturgeon recently stood on the banks of the Yangtze River, waiting for fishermen to pull a large net from the water.
After three hours of work, they came up with only a few gudgeon fish and some dead shrimp.
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