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Walker,
Sally M.
FOSSIL FISH FOUND ALIVE :
DISCOVERING THE COELACANTH
New York : Carolrhoda Books,
2002.
IL 5-8, RL 5.9
ISBN 1575055368
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Calling
all scientists! If you like exploring the deep, dark oceans in search of
creatures who were alive at the time of the dinosaurs, then this is the
book for you. Find out how J. L. B. Smith felt when he realized that the
fish caught in a fisherman’s net in 1938 was really a Coelacanth, a fish
believed to have been extinct for 70 million years. News of the discovery
sparked the interest of fisherman and scientists who hoped to find the
next specimen of the “living fossil”. For decades this fish has been hunted,
but few have been found. Are there other species of the Coelacanth elsewhere
in the world? What are the functions of their strange organs? How can we
study them in their natural habitat and what does the future hold for them?
Come discover the world of Coelacanths and learn about the amazing research
into this fossil fish still alive today. Some excellent close-up photographs
are included. (Jean B. Bellavance for Pennsylvania
Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2004-2005) |
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SUBJECTS:
Coelacanth.
Living fossils. |
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