By Angie Herrington
Staff Writer
Horace and Boris, two rare beluga sturgeon and long-lost brothers, were reunited today at the Tennessee Aquarium.
“Do they know they’re brothers? I don’t know for sure, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some level of recognition,” said Thom Demas, curator of fishes.
Horace and Boris’s came to the United States from Russia as hatchlings in 1976. They then shared the same tank at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco until 1991, when Horace moved to Chattanooga.
Now —; 15 years later —; they are together again.
Mr. Demas said Horace and Boris are the only two beluga sturgeon on exhibit in the country.
E-mail Angie Herrington at aherrington@timesfreepress.com
See tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press for full coverage.
Staff Writer
Horace and Boris, two rare beluga sturgeon and long-lost brothers, were reunited today at the Tennessee Aquarium.
“Do they know they’re brothers? I don’t know for sure, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some level of recognition,” said Thom Demas, curator of fishes.
Horace and Boris’s came to the United States from Russia as hatchlings in 1976. They then shared the same tank at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco until 1991, when Horace moved to Chattanooga.
Now —; 15 years later —; they are together again.
Mr. Demas said Horace and Boris are the only two beluga sturgeon on exhibit in the country.
E-mail Angie Herrington at aherrington@timesfreepress.com
See tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press for full coverage.
