The Amazing Coelacanth

Author : Mike Bruton
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1775845036
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Coelacanth written by Mike Bruton and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This colourful illustrated children’s book is aimed at ages 9-14. It recounts the discovery of the first coelacanth in modern times – a fish that had been thought to be extinct for many millions of years, and was known only from its fossil record. In 1939, a specimen was hauled ashore in a fishing net off the South African coast near East London, and its identification as a coelacanth made world news. Chemistry professor JLB Smith identifed the fish and dedicated the rest of his life to searching for live specimens and researching the science surrounding this evolutionary phenomenon. This book, by ichthyologist Mike Bruton, uncovers: the mystery of the coelacanth and the thrilling story of its discovery, its strange appearance and lifestyle, what makes it so special, how it evolved – and what this has to do with human evolution, how and what it eats, and who eats it. These and many other details provide insight into this amazing fish and its marine companions.

Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books
ISBN 13 : 1575055368
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fossil Fish Found Alive written by Sally M. Walker and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the 1938 discovery of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be extinct, and subsequent research about it.

Author : Samantha Weinberg
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060932856
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Fish Caught in Time written by Samantha Weinberg and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-02-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coelacanth (see-lo-canth) is no ordinary fish. Five feet long, with luminescent eyes and limb like fins, this bizarre creature, presumed to be extinct, was discovered in 1938 by an amateur icthyologist who recognized it from fossils dating back 400 million years. The discovery was immediately dubbed the "greatest scientific find of the century," but the excitement that ensued was even more incredible. This is the entrancing story of that most rare and precious fish -- our own great-uncle forty million times removed.

Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 9781575056388
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystery Fish written by Sally M. Walker and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the coelacanth, a type of fish that scientists thought had become extinct during the time of dinosaurs, until a live one was discovered in 1938.

Author : J. L. B. Smith
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787207943
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Search Beneath the Sea written by J. L. B. Smith and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURE...STRANGER THAN FICTION One of the most sensational discoveries in natural history, told by the ichthyologist who was directly involved in its first capture off the South African coast in 1938. Prior to this, the fish, although known to scientists, was thought to have become extinct at least fifty million years ago. There was much professional scepticism that it was indeed a coelacanth and Professor Smith had many battles ahead of him before proof could be found. A remarkable story.

Author : Mike Bruton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813064642
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Annotated Old Fourlegs written by Mike Bruton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the famous South African fish scientist Professor JLB Smith published Old Fourlegs - The Story of the Coelacanth in 1956 he created an international sensation. After all, this 400-million-year-old fish, known only from fossil remains, was thought to have become extinct around 66 million years ago! JLB Smith's dramatic account of the discovery of the first and second coelacanths in 1938 and 1952 turned him into a cult figure and put South African science on the world map. His book was eventually published in six English editions and translated into nine foreign languages. Mike Bruton's The Annotated Old Fourlegs includes a facsimile reprint of the original book, to which he has added notes and images in the margins that provide an interesting and revealing commentary on Smith's text, as well as new introductory and explanatory chapters that bring the coelacanth story up to date" - Publisher's website.

Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : Lerner Books [UK]
ISBN 13 : 1580133452
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystery Fish written by Sally M. Walker and published by Lerner Books [UK]. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author tells the story of the discovery of and attempt to study the Coelacanth, a fish thought to have become extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs.

Author : Mary J. Nickum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998085807
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Coelacanth written by Mary J. Nickum and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-04 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The primitive-looking coelacanth (pronounced SEEL-uh-kanth) was thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. But its discovery in 1938 by a South African museum curator on a local fishing trawler fascinated the world and ignited a debate about how this bizarre lobe-finned fish fits into the evolution of land animals. There are only two known species of coelacanths: one that lives near the Comoros Islands off the east coast of Africa, and one found in the waters of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Many scientists believe that the unique characteristics of the coelacanth represent an early step in the evolution of fish to terrestrial four-legged animals like amphibians."--Back cover.

Author : Valerie J. Weber
Publisher : Gareth Stevens
ISBN 13 : 9780836845617
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coelacanth written by Valerie J. Weber and published by Gareth Stevens. This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics of a fish that is thought to have lived 400 million years ago.

Author : Sarah Newland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733345811
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extant written by Sarah Newland and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every family has secrets and Natalie Morrigan was used to being kept in the dark. But when her childhood home is destroyed following her parents mysterious disappearance, Natalie soon discovers her secrets are darker than most. With no where else to turn, Natalie and her four lifelong friends seek out their estranged Uncle for guidance and he cannot wait to tell her the truth. Her entire life has been a lie. Genetically adapted with a power that will change the world, Natalie is hunted by Nautilus: an organization that claims it will use her power to achieve an everlasting peace. But if Natalie has learned anything, it's that things aren't always what they seem.Question everything.