@PMARK: For three countries to abut at one point (a tripoint) is not rare in the least. For example, most of the European countries share this feature. There are at least 157 tripoints around the world. Get yer act together, Ripley!
The fishermen in the areas where coelacanth are found did not believe them extinct. They are a byproduct of fishing for other species and didn’t just magically appear one day. Sure, it surprised scientists who were only going off of the fossil record, but not locals. And that happened in 1938 (a second population was discovered in 1997-8). Talk about recycling stories!
All these misnamed “living fossils” are very similar to the extinct versions but they are different too. Just like the dragonflies of today aren’t the same as those 300 million years ago.
Templo S.U.D. about 7 years ago
How does one know which country do you you’re passing through with a mountain summit like that? (Are there really stingrays in MODERN Greece?)
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray about 7 years ago
..And fished back into extinction. The last one is hanging on Babe Winkelman’s mantle and sings Rock Lobster when you flick his tail fin.
PMark about 7 years ago
What’s the big deal with the Mountain? There has to be dozens of places around the globe where the borders of three countries meet in a single spot.
Luanaphile about 7 years ago
@PMARK: For three countries to abut at one point (a tripoint) is not rare in the least. For example, most of the European countries share this feature. There are at least 157 tripoints around the world. Get yer act together, Ripley!
d_odds about 7 years ago
The fishermen in the areas where coelacanth are found did not believe them extinct. They are a byproduct of fishing for other species and didn’t just magically appear one day. Sure, it surprised scientists who were only going off of the fossil record, but not locals. And that happened in 1938 (a second population was discovered in 1997-8). Talk about recycling stories!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 7 years ago
All these misnamed “living fossils” are very similar to the extinct versions but they are different too. Just like the dragonflies of today aren’t the same as those 300 million years ago.
Petemejia77 about 7 years ago
Ugh! Baseball facts. Big deal. Needs to be in another category.