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A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth

Samantha Weinberg and Fourth Estate

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A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Weinberg, Samantha
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The coelacanth (see-lo-canth) is no ordinary fish. Five feet long, with luminescent eyes and limb like fins, this bizarre creature, presumed to be extinct, was discovered in 1938 by an amateur icthyologist who recognized it from fossils dating back 400 million years. The discovery was immediately dubbed the "greatest scientific find of the century," but the excitement that ensued was even more incredible. This is the entrancing story of that most rare and precious fish -- our own great-uncle forty million times removed.



Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 02/06/2001
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.29w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780060932855

About the Author
Weinberg, Samantha: - Samantha Weinberg is a British writer and traveler. She has reported from the four corners of the world for American, African, and European newspapers and magazines. She divides her time between her suitcase and a thatched cottage in Wiltshire, England.