Coelacanth

[BillT]

Here is a ink to a nice story about the discovery of the Coelacanth and subsequent studies of it:

http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/features/anonymous/fish-our-time

The Coelacanth's genome has now been sequenced. As a result lungfish are now considered to be closer to us humans than the Coelacanth.

[Ron Sower]

Thank you Bill!

[Mugwump]

Nice find, Bill....that's an interesting story..... ....too bad that they couldn't find a way to keep it alive.

[BillT]

I guess its kinda difficult to keep a 5 or 6 foot long fish from cold deep water alive when you are in the middle of nowhere.

They have recovered a pregnant female fish carrying embryos about the size of a baseball as I recall.

[Mugwump]

I guess its kinda difficult to keep a 5 or 6 foot long fish from cold deep water alive when you are in the middle of nowhere.

They have recovered a pregnant female fish carrying embryos about the size of a baseball as I recall.

Yep, that middle of nowhere doesn't help any....