Science
Related: About this forumCool video of a Coelacanth.
Wow, those suckers are HUGE!
What an awesome fish.
secondvariety
(1,245 posts)DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)I would love to be that close to one of those fish.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)rather than practically harassing it.
Crunchy Frog
(26,578 posts)Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)And as a diver myself, most responsible divers I know feel the same.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,007 posts)Wow!
Such an accommodating creature.
SO docile.
So amazing!
Thanks Odin
FailureToCommunicate
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(23,152 posts)No creature in the world like it! Miraculous that it has survived virtually unchanged for so many millions of years!
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)This is the dream of every scientist, amateur or professional...and as often happens, it was just a fluke that everything fell into place.
On December 23rd, 1938, the Nerine entered port after a stint trawling off the mouth of the nearby Chalumna River. The dockman called Marjorie, who was busy mounting a reptile collection, but felt she ought at least go down to the docks to wish the crew of the Nerine a merry Christmas. She took a taxi, delivered her greetings, and was about to leave when, according to her account, she noticed a blue fin protruding beneath a pile of rays and sharks on the deck. Pushing the overlaying fish aside revealed, as she would later write, "the most beautiful fish I had ever seen, five feet long, and a pale mauve blue with iridescent silver markings." Marjorie had no idea what the fish was, but knew it must go back to the museum at once. At first the taxi driver refused to have the reeking, five-foot fish in his cab, but after a heated discussion, he drove Marjorie and her specimen back to the museum.
The rest of the story: http://www.dinofish.com/discoa.htm
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Thanks! !
eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)It looks old!
adieu
(1,009 posts)They're the GOP of fishes.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)They're dinosaurs.
WHEN CRABS ROAR
(3,813 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Soooo beautiful and....well just awe inspiring.
Perfect background music too.
snot
(10,502 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)jcgrey12
(9 posts)NinetySix
(1,301 posts)...I can't help but be just as fascinated by the question, "why is that guy diving in khakis and an oxford shirt?"
Sancho
(9,067 posts)how deep, etc.? At any rate, I also wouldn't want to disturb or chase anything I see on a dive. It's a neat video though.