Use 'coelacanth' to discuss unexpected findings or reversals in scientific beliefs.

Scientific Surprise

Mention 'coelacanth' to reference ancient species that were believed extinct but are alive.

Historic Fish

The coelacanth is an icon for conservation efforts, representing hope for 'lost' species.

Conservation Icon

 caught one or two each year but they didn't value them highly their flesh wasn't particularly tasty they said and only their huge rough scales were useful excellent for rubbing down the inner tubes of bicycles before mending a puncture but of the scientists the coelacanth was a paramount interest but it seems certain that fish very like it

Scientific Sensation of...

 bizarre initially when we had begun to clean it off in the lab I disowned it I said all the rest of the bones belong to this dinosaur but not this one I tried anything I went to a colleague worked on in fib Ian's for this belong to a fish I knew there was a coelacanth and the

Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...

 The dead coming back to life sounds scary. But for scientists, it can be a wonderful opportunity. Of course, we're not talking about zombies. Rather, this particular opportunity came in the unlikely form of large, slow-moving fish called the coelacanth.

The coelacanth: A living...

 medium-sized predatory dinosaurs, and seven or eight different kinds of crocodile-like hunters. These fossils were deposited in a river system. The river system was also home to a giant, car-sized coelacanth,

Coelacanth