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Baby Coelacanth Fish Known as Living Fossil - Indonesia

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Baby Coelacanth Fish Known as Living Fossil - Indonesia

Scientists have captured the world's first images of a baby coelacanth - an extremely rare type of fish known as a 'living fossil'.
Japanese marine researchers have found and successfully filmed the young fish at a depth of 528ft in Manado Bay off Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.
Video footage shows the 12.6-inch coelacanth, coloured blue with white spots, swimming slowly among rocks on the seabed for about 20 minutes.
As far as we know, it was the first ever video image of a living juvenile coelacanth,
which is still shrouded in mystery,' said Masamitsu Iwata, a researcher at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, northeast of Tokyo.
Scientists hope the discovery will shed light on the habitat and breeding habits of coelacanths.






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Post by hussien » Nov 19, 2009

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Post by Amir-07 » Nov 19, 2009

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