'Living fossil' fish can live for 100 years

'Living fossil' fish can live for 100 years – study

By Associated Press

Jun 20, 2021 12:45 am

THE coelacanth - a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times - can live for 100 years, a new study found.

These slow-moving, people-sized fish of the deep, nicknamed a 'living fossil,' are the opposite of the live fast, die young mantra. These nocturnal fish grow at an achingly slow pace.

OLD FISH This image provided by Marc Herbin shows the development stages of the coelacanth fish. The ‘living fossil,’ still around from the time of the dinosaurs, can live for 100 years, according to a study released on the June 17, 2021 edition of Current Biology. And for females it may seem longer because scientists calculate that the live-birth bearing fish stays pregnant for five years. AP PHOTO

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