UM-Bot Posted August 2, 2007 #1 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Image credit: Todd Huffman Submitted by Waspie Dwarf: An extremely rare "living fossil" caught by a fisherman in Indonesia is being examined by scientists. The 1.3m-long (4.3ft), 50kg (110lb) coelacanth is only the second ever to have been captured in Asia and has been described as a "significant find". An autopsy and genetic tests are now being carried out to determine more about the specimen. View: Full Article | Source: BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK7ENTY3 Posted August 2, 2007 #2 Share Posted August 2, 2007 SHAAAAAAWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET NOW THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT JUST MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT ELSE COULD BE OUT THERE !!!! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Since804 Posted August 2, 2007 #3 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Are they gonna put a headline out every single time someone catches one? Geez, they still exist, we get it. If anything they need to stop catching them. Throw them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted August 2, 2007 #4 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Are they gonna put a headline out every single time someone catches one? Geez, they still exist, we get it. If anything they need to stop catching them. Throw them back. Yeah. The next headline will read: Coelacanths Extinct.....Again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander CMG Posted August 2, 2007 #5 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Well they won't exist for long if they keep dragging them out to carry autopsy's and genetic tests on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stygean Hugh Posted August 3, 2007 #6 Share Posted August 3, 2007 why is it, do you think , that they went undetected for so long before they were "rediscovered" so to speak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeller Posted August 3, 2007 #7 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I think that thing could eat the guys touching it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted August 3, 2007 #8 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Well they won't exist for long if they keep dragging them out to carry autopsy's and genetic tests on... Haha, well, to historical knowledge, only two were discovered. I'm sure possibly more were found but dismissed or not reported. Depsite that, I would think there's a rather large population for the species to survive this long, especially the gap between both discoveries. I imagine they live deep enough where no human can go. Same theory has been thrown around with the Megalodon too. They might still exist, but too deep in the waters to find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Since804 Posted August 3, 2007 #9 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Yeah. The next headline will read: Coelacanths Extinct.....Again! LOL. EXACTLY. I'm quite sure this is the 4th or 5th headline I've read about the fish and none were the same story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsanePunk22 Posted October 5, 2007 #10 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Interesting? but if they keep catching them there not gonna exist. i agree. throw it backk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsanePunk22 Posted October 5, 2007 #11 Share Posted October 5, 2007 (edited) and.... theres probably lots and lots of them.. repopulating possibly. Edited October 5, 2007 by InsanePunk22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarPlexus Posted October 7, 2007 #12 Share Posted October 7, 2007 JUST MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT ELSE COULD BE OUT THERE !!!! Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veliska Posted October 7, 2007 #13 Share Posted October 7, 2007 (edited) Are they gonna put a headline out every single time someone catches one? Geez, they still exist, we get it. If anything they need to stop catching them. Throw them back. That's what I was thinking. Leave the fish alone or it won't populate! lol...I guess that they want to keep it rare. Plus I thought a fossil was a piece of rock or hard soil that has an imprint of a dead animal on it. Hmmm Edited October 7, 2007 by veliska27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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