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Blue Pike The blue pike was closely related to
a fish called the walleye.
Although the blue pike was The blue pike was most commonly found in the waters of Lake Erie, Ontario, and the Niagara River. When the blue pikes were almost all gone, 1,000 gallons of cyanide was dumped in the Niagara River daily! That's probably why they became extinct! There was so much pollution in Lake Erie that the blue pikes couldn't handle it.
Page Citations Images All photographs and clipart used on this page from "Microsoft Office Design Gallery Live" <http://dgl.microsoft.com/?CAG=1> Images free for non-profit and personal use. (December-March, 2003). Web Sites The Native Fish Conservancy. "Blue Pike." <http://www.nativefish.org/BluePikeExtinct.html> (March,2003). Sprenger, Ken. "Another look at Extinct Blue Pike." <http://niagarariveranglers.com/blue_pike_outdoors_with_ken_spre.htm> (April, 2003). |
declared extinct in 1975, scientists think they found
blue pike DNA in Lake Erie. Some people might have been catching blue pikes
also. The blue pike might not be extinct after all.
Yet the blue pike might still be extinct, anglers
are still searching for them.