Leaping fish injuries and the trauma center [podcast 79]

Fish (specifically sturgeon) leaping into the air and colliding with young human boaters are biggest stars in this week’s Improbable Research podcast.

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This week, Marc Abrahams  — with dramatic readings by Nicole Sharp — tells about:

Injuries from leaping sturgeon—  “Sturgeons Versus Surgeons: Leaping Fish Injuries at a Level 1 Trauma Center,” Jason P. Wilson, George Burgess, Robert D. Winfield, and Lawrence Lottenberg, The American Surgeon, vol. 75, no. 3, 2009, pp. 220-222. Here’s visual detail from the study:


Here’s video of fishermen expressing surprise at the liveliness of a sturgeon:

The mysterious John Schedler or the shadowy Bruce Petschek perhaps did the sound engineering this week.

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