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milkysway1 t1_ixjfxyn wrote

TIL there is life in the Hudson river

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Warpedme t1_ixjr61w wrote

The upper Hudson is actually really fun for kayaking and white water.

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sterfri99 t1_ixm6m4k wrote

They did a lot of cleanup over the last few decades. I still wouldn’t eat anything from it, but I do swim occasionally

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flossymcwobblestein t1_ixk6xla wrote

Fun fact: They actually started out as regular land horses that fell into the Hudson and were immediately mutated by the water's toxicity.

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AxisOfSmeagol OP t1_ixjdh5k wrote

When I think of seahorses, I think of some beautiful crystal clear tropical sea, and when I think of the Hudson River, it's of a murky river running though a massive metropolis, concrete shoes & pollution. Never had I put them both together. I was wrong.

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Justindoesntcare t1_ixlzvji wrote

No way, you've just got to go north of the city. The rest of it is beautiful.

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bolanrox t1_ixj8ojm wrote

something lives in the Hudson? south of Indian Point Anyways

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metsurf t1_ixjpezh wrote

Seals , whales in the harbor around the Verrazano Bridge amazing what enforcing environmental laws can do.

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LenZee t1_ixk8hsx wrote

I spent most of my younger years in the Hudson and NY harbor and never saw a seahorse.

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greenstreet22 t1_ixkvxdo wrote

Seahorse Sea-hell

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JimJamYimYam t1_ixkygax wrote

What is this? Get real. I’m in love with sea horses. I’m in love with ‘em.

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redlinezo6 t1_ixl2xu9 wrote

Mr Walkway. Mr Walk Down Me. Show me the way to the building? Get real.

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Y-Cha t1_ixl0oui wrote

I had to give it a second, because at first I was seeing a pipefish in the foreground and seahorse in background.

Both awesome, and very cool to know they’re in the Hudson.

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animal1988 t1_ixjsxez wrote

I bet they taste gross.

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catching_comets t1_ixlxzkh wrote

Recently revived in the Chesapeake bay as well.

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The_Only_AL t1_ixkw30o wrote

We have some amazing ones in Sydney Harbour.

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Wetworth t1_ixm2a5z wrote

Pine Creek, the largest tributary of the Susquehanna's West Branch, used to have eels and clams. Probably the whole river system but the Ranger I talked to was only working above Slate Run.

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Psychological_Ant488 t1_ixvq32o wrote

When were kids my dad brought us to the bayou to catch "critters" for our aquarium. We caught a few seahorses. Alnog with grass shrimp, baby gar fish, crawfish, tiny crabs, etc.

This is in S.W. Louisiana.

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