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Did you know? The coelacanth, a fish believed extinct for 65 million years (along with dinosaurs), was caught alive in 1938 by a fisherman off the South African coast. Museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer recognised it immediately. Since then there have been hundreds of sightings — mostly off the coast of Comoros.

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The coelacanth, a fish believed extinct for 65 million years (along with dinosaurs), was caught alive in 1938 by a fisherman off the South African coast. Museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer recognised it immediately. Since then there have been hundreds of sightings — mostly off the coast of Comoros.

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