06/11/2026
Being that maybe only 5% of the worlds ocean has been discovered to date there is alot more we don’t know about.
The fossils we have of them are because they live in deep water near trench slopes that are prone to be covered in mud slides . . . 💯 agree very unusual very unusual very unusual!!!
The coelacanth did not come back from extinction.
It simply ignored our paperwork.
When one surfaced off South Africa in 1938, scientists weren’t just surprised. They were staring at a fish they thought had vanished before humans, mammoths, and most modern mammals ever existed.
The real detail is this.
Its body still carries ancient engineering: fleshy limb-like fins, a hinged skull that helps it open wide, and a brain so small that fat fills most of the space where brain should be.
Even stranger, this deep-sea relic grows slowly, lives for decades, and may carry its young for five years before giving birth.
That means one pregnancy can last longer than most college degrees.
The coelacanth was never a comeback story.
It was a reminder that sometimes the past is not buried.
Sometimes it is still swimming.
