Japan Times, etc: First movie snap of a baby coelacanth
A reader* tips me to a remarkable little video and little story on news that first broke on what, in most of the world, are among the more obscure news feeds. In Indonesian waters a Japanese aquarium’s expedition, running a remotely controlled submersible, caught a glimpse of a very small and young, blue, spotted, coelecanth swimming calmly across a rocky sea floor. It’s just about the size of a decent trout. Adults are more like groupers. Quite nice.
Stories:
- Japan Times: Aquarium snaps world’s first photos of young coelecanth;
- Brisbane Times: No story, but it HAS THE VIDEO ‘ , courtesy of Reuters.
- AFP: Japanese researchers film rare baby fish ‘fossil’ ; OK, this is not an obscure service.
- Daily Mail: Scientists capture world’s first images of baby coelacanth fish – dubbed a ‘living fossil’ ;
*Now I know two of Lynne Friedmann’s abiding interests. One is Mount Wilson Observatory, as previously noted in posts. Today it is coelecanths. Thx for the tip;
- Charlie Petit
