FINDING THE COELACANTH
By: Sameerah Nawaz
Fossil Fish Found Article
Coelacanths were around before dinosaurs
Huge Fish, steel blue eyes
The fish was unusual- people would want to see such a different kind of fish
Scientists believe that it had been extinct for seventy million years
Scientist had only seen fossils of the Coelacanths- it must have been a huge accomplishment to see one in person
National Geography and The creature feature
Discovered in 1938
Only two known species of Coelcanths- they are rare
It is a carnivore
The Coelcanths are endangered not extinct
There are only two living species of Coelcanths
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THE PICTURES WERE FOUND BY GOOGLE IMAGES
http://natechertack.com/fishes/sarcopterygii/coelacanth640-395.jpg
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090223/images/coelacanth.jpg