Blast from the past

[cjsmith]

"Coelacanths were thought to have become extinct in the Late Cretaceous, around 66 million years ago, but were rediscovered in 1938 off the coast of South Africa."

I bet that was an interesting phone call. As one museum curator put it, "I found this T rex running around in my yard."

From The Ends of the World.

Comments

[amaebi]

I have always loved that story.

[lauradi7dw]

I read a book about it when I was a kid "The Search for a living fossil."

[cjsmith]

So amazing!

[cjsmith]

I had never heard of it until reading this book. :)

[amaebi]

I was lucky enough to get the same book lauradi7dw read from Scholastic Book Services.

[siliconshaman]

or as a Gary Larson Far Side put it "..or are we just interested in fossils?"... as one paleontologist said to the other as he led the Neanderthal into camp..

[cjsmith]

*chuckle* :)

[platypus]

I loved that story when I was a kid! It made me feel like we might find mysterious things we thought were gone anywhere.

[cjsmith]

I love the feeling that the world is full of mystery and surprise. :)