The coelacanth — a giant bizarre fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found.
The coelacanth — a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found.
Coelacanths, which have been around for 400 million years, were thought extinct until they were found alive in 1938 off South Africa. Scientists long believed coelacanths live about 20 years. But by applying a standard technique for dating commercial fish, French scientists calculated they actually live close to a century, according to a study in Thursday’sIn the past, scientists calculated fish ages by counting big lines on a specific coelacanth scale.
Using the technique, the scientists studied two embryos and calculated the largest was five years old and the youngest was nine years old. So, Ernande said, they figured pregnancy lasts at least five years in coelacanths, which have live births.
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