Some beachgoers were in for a surprise on Wednesday when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore on a local Beaufort County beach. The rare Atlantic sturgeon was found Wednesday afternoon and shown on Facebook for identification by John Billings.
A sturgeon washing up on a beach is pretty rare because sturgeon are pretty rare.
“We see them maybe a few times a year at best,” said Mike Wagner of Shore Beach Service on Hilton Head when one washed ashore there awhile back. “They’re not what people typically see washed up on the beach.”…