Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:56 am
hey aint as scary as the 5 foot fish thats been extinct for 72 million years...and turned up in a fishermans net half alive. 
Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:35 am
That's really cool. I love imagining new animals, and when one is discovered, I get really excited. There's so little of our world that we actually know about. I'm gonna go tell my brother. He wants to be a marine biologist. <vanishes>
Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:32 am
That's very cool.. I love hearing about new species of animals being discovered. I just love reading about well.. everything..
The ocean scares me though (and all other large bodies of water).. just thinking about what could be at the bottom of the ocean creeps me out beyond belief but interests me as well.
It's all good
The ocean scares me though (and all other large bodies of water).. just thinking about what could be at the bottom of the ocean creeps me out beyond belief but interests me as well.
It's all good
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Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:11 pm
Setekh wrote:hey aint as scary as the 5 foot fish thats been extinct for 72 million years...and turned up in a fishermans net half alive.
whoa! do you have a picture?
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Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:19 am
one_up_mushroom wrote:Setekh wrote:hey aint as scary as the 5 foot fish thats been extinct for 72 million years...and turned up in a fishermans net half alive.
I think he is talking about Colecanths, they were presumed extinct but as mentioned turned up in a fishermans net off Madagascar.
Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:31 am
Coelacanths live in the West Indian Ocean.
First een alive by scientists in 1938, the coelacanth is a classic example of a 'living fossil,' since it belongs to a group that was thought to have died out over 65 million years ago. It is found at depths of 500 -2300ft (150-700m), along rocky slopes with submarine caverns, swept by strong oceanic currents.
It has large, thick heavy scaling with irredescent white flecks, and muscular paired fins, and an unusual tail with an additional central lobe.
The pectoral fins of the coelacanth are highly mobile and it uses these to maneuver into crevices to reach fishes and other prey. Populations are poorly documented and estimates are difficult, but susceptibility to capture by humans and a restricted habitat range have made the coelacanth an endangered species.
End quote from book.
They're actually reall cool fish. Someone used to pester me to do a tribal coelacanth; still havn't found a good picture though.
First een alive by scientists in 1938, the coelacanth is a classic example of a 'living fossil,' since it belongs to a group that was thought to have died out over 65 million years ago. It is found at depths of 500 -2300ft (150-700m), along rocky slopes with submarine caverns, swept by strong oceanic currents.
It has large, thick heavy scaling with irredescent white flecks, and muscular paired fins, and an unusual tail with an additional central lobe.
The pectoral fins of the coelacanth are highly mobile and it uses these to maneuver into crevices to reach fishes and other prey. Populations are poorly documented and estimates are difficult, but susceptibility to capture by humans and a restricted habitat range have made the coelacanth an endangered species.
End quote from book.
They're actually reall cool fish. Someone used to pester me to do a tribal coelacanth; still havn't found a good picture though.