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Sun Jul 15, 12:40 PM ET
Reuters
Source: Yahoo

ZANZIBAR (Reuters) - Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to have become extinct when it disappeared from fossil records 80 million years ago, an official said on Sunday.

Researcher Nariman Jidawi of Zanzibar's Institute of Marine Science said the fish was caught off the tropical island's northern tip.

"The fishermen informed us they had caught this strange fish and we quickly rushed to find it was a coelacanth," he told Reuters, adding that it weighed 27 kg (60 lb) and was 1.34 meters long.

The coelacanth, known from fossil records dating back more than 360 million years, was believed to have become extinct some 80 million years ago until one was caught off the eastern coast of South Africa in 1938 -- a major zoological find.

None has since been caught in South African waters, but around 30 have been caught in recent years off Tanzania, possibly because diminishing shallow-water resources have forced fishermen to cast their nets in the deeper waters where coelacanths live, experts say.

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.

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Wonder how the fish look like? Coz the article doesn't comes with a pic of dat ancient fish...:handsup:

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wow ancient fish! i think the scientists all over the world would be excited over this discovery.

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KaLeen

e fish so huge...another discovery made

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its huge ,another great discovery.

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wow,this is yet another great discovery after the baby mammoth that was found recently...

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Another discovery!
Way to go!
Hope can find more. Then we can know more about our earth and its history.

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lol i kapo i really go read up and look up on the fish lol. intresting that it can go so deep underwater so that it goes to a near hibernation mode...

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i thought they already found one in 1937 in india ocean? :shifty3:

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:surprised: Ancient fish... hope ppl can find more diff type of ancient aminals...

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Soon they may find godzilla and pikachus

Joke aside, i think that this is a more important discovery than said the baby mammoth cos they are living creatures while the mammoth are already dead...

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Not again:confused2: :surprised:
Heard some1 caught 1 not long ago nia. So 2 pcs gone. :surprised:
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