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July 16, 2007
Fishermen Catch Strange Living Fossil In Zanzibar
Topics: General Science
Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a coelacanth, described as a "living fossil" once thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago:
... The fish, which weighes 27 kg and is 1.34 meters long, was caught off the tropical island's northern tip, according to researcher Nariman Jidawi of Zanzibar's Institute of Marine Science.... "The fishermen informed us they had caught this strange fish and we quickly rushed to find it was a coelacanth," Jidawi was quoted as saying by news media.
... Coelacanths are the only living animals to have a fully functional intercranial joint, a division separating the ear and brain from the nasal organs and eye.
The most striking feature of this "living fossil" is its paired lobe fins that extend away from its body like legs and move in an alternating pattern.
The coelacanth ("see-la-kanth") is virtually unique in the animal kingdom, with a saga steeped in science and popular imagination The Coelacanth with its "missing link" "proto legs" was "discovered" in 1938, and at least three people, and possibly more, have perished in the quest for the coelacanth.
Related reading: The Coelacanth: More Living than Fossil
Posted by Abdul at July 16, 2007 1:31 PM
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