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Kaluga Regional Museum

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Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Kaluga Regional Museum
Phone:
+7 484 272-16-18

Hours:
Sunday9:30am - 6pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday9:30am - 6pm
Wednesday9:30am - 6pm
Thursday9:30am - 6pm
Friday9:30am - 6pm
Saturday11am - 7pm


The kaluga is a large predatory sturgeon found in the Amur River basin. Also known as the river beluga, they are claimed to be the largest freshwater fish in the world, with a maximum size of at least 1,000 kg and 5.6 m . The kaluga is one of the biggest of the sturgeon family. Like the slightly larger beluga, it spends part of its life in salt water. Unlike the beluga, this fish has 5 major rows of dermal scutes, nail-like teeth in its jaws, and feeds on salmon and other fish in the Amur. They have gray-green to black backs with a yellowish green-white underbelly. The kaluga has been hunted to near extinction for its valuable roe. Despite constant anti-poaching patrols, poachers still continue to catch the fish. Fishing for kaluga anywhere in the Amur River is an offense punishable by law. However, kalugas are known to have an aggressive nature, and instances of them toppling fishing boats and drowning fishermen have been reported, although no concrete evidence exists of them assaulting or hunting people.
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