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.

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[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* :)