Coelacanth - Prehistoric Fish Options

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http://sacoast.uwc.ac.za/education/resourc.../coelacanth.htm

"Coelacanth" (pronounced as see-la-kanth) is a prehistoic fish that existed 400 millions years ago. Interestingly, a few were caught by fishermen in the last century.


They were mostly found Comoro Islands. About 4 were caught off Sulawesi, Indonesia.

I was watching Channel U in which one taiwanese artiste goes to Indonesia in search of this fish. I was laughing in disbelief that they actually had a budget for such mission impossible.

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A truely interesting documentary on prehistoric sea creatures is "Sea Monster". This is a documentary made by BBC and can still be found in many video stores locally. It mentioned a "Megalodon" a great white shark which looked closest to the ones we see today but measuring between 12 - 15m (40 - 50 ft).
http://www.sharkattacks.com/prehistoric.htm

In it, the narrator mentioned that it is possible that we can still find this fish since it is the most vicious villians in the seas and it is imposible that it became extinct. And the fact that Coelacanths can still be found now...

Go buy the video. Some 12.99 only. The way they film it is enjoyable. They have one adventurer travelling back in time to the different prehistoric eras and going into the seas, hunting for these monsters. Not to be missed.