In 1938, a museum curator made a discovery that sent shockwaves through the scientific world: she found a living dinosaur of the deep, a fish thought to have been extinct for 66 million years. 🐟 This is the incredible story of the Coelacanth, a "living fossil" that has survived virtually unchanged for over 400 million years, defying mass extinctions and rewriting textbooks.
Dive deep into the mystery of this ancient mariner:
► The Accidental Discovery: How Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer found a strange blue fish in a fisherman's catch off the coast of South Africa.
► A Prehistoric Time Capsule: Explore the Coelacanth's unique biology, including its lobed fins that hint at our own evolutionary journey onto land.
► The "Living Fossil" Debate: What this term really means and why the Coelacanth is the ultimate example.
► The Second Species: The stunning discovery of a second population near Indonesia in 1997.
► Conservation Crisis: Why this ancient survivor is now critically endangered and the race to protect it.
This is the story of one of the greatest zoological finds of the 20th century.
Introduction: A Ghost from the Deep
1938: The Discovery That Shocked Science
Meet the Coelacanth: Anatomy of a Living Fossil
The "Missing Link"? Fins, Evolution, and Our Aquatic Past
1997: The Indonesian Coelacanth - A Second Miracle
How Did It Survive for Millions of Years?
The Fight to Save the Coelacanth Today
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