Dabry's sturgeon

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/dabrys-sturgeon

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Sinosturio dabryanus
2. What is the diet?Carnivore; primarily consumed benthic invertebrates such as crustaceans and worms
3. What was Dabry's sturgeon and where did it live?It was a giant fish that lived in the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers in China. It lived on the riverbed and ate small worms and crustaceans.
4. Why did Dabry's sturgeon become endangered?It was caught a lot for food, and it grows slowly and has few babies, so it was hard to recover. Dams, pollution, and changes in the river also hurt its homes.

Benthic: Relating to or occurring at the bottom of a body of water.
Anthropogenic: Originating in human activity.
Acipenseridae: The biological family to which sturgeons belong, characterized by ancient lineage and unique physical traits.