PADDLE FISH

Ancestors of the American paddlefish lived in modern day North America about 125 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period, when some dinosaurs still roamed the Earth! They only eat plankton, which are microscopic plants and animals. They eat by simply swimming around with their mouth open. These fish are difficult to taxidermy. Modern mounts are usually fiberglass replica. This old skin mount dates to the 1970’s