A biologist sutures up the incision in the belly of a shortnose sturgeon_ placed on it's back on a wooden support for the surgical procedure_after implanting an electronic tracking device in the fish's belly aboard a boat in the Hudson River above Tarrytown, N.Y., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation has required the New York State Thruway Authority to track and study the federally endangered sturgeon during construction of the new Tappan Zee bridge, which spans the Hudson River in the suburbs north of New York City. The implanted tracking devices will allow scientists to determine whether construction of the new bridge is affecting the fish's behavior and reproductive cycles. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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