Sturgeons and Coelacanths

Two rare white sturgeons were caught in Fond Du Lac, recently, which prompted a discussion about how prehistoric these fish look. I brought up the coelacanth... Rick had no idea what I was talking about. So, here, for Rick's sake, is this blog!

Sturgeons look prehistoric:

But not QUITE as prehistoric as the coelacanth, which was thought to be extinct for millions of years until it started popping up off the coast of Madagascar:

For more information about the ceolcanth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth

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