9♥ · Coelacanth · Water · The Swimmers and Waders
Coelacanth
Comoros · National symbol (the football team are 'Les Coelacanthes')
Not gone. Just deep.
The Ancient Survivor
Power · Body
46
Instinct · Mind
14
Resilience · Spirit
90
The message
The Coelacanth was thought to have died out with the dinosaurs, until one turned up alive in 1938. What you thought you had lost, such as a dream, a talent or a part of you, may only be resting in deep water. It can come back.
Ask yourself
What part of me have I buried that wants to come back?
The animal
Coelacanths drift slowly along deep, rocky reefs off East Africa and Indonesia, sheltering in caves by day.
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About the animal
- Scientific name
- Latimeria chalumnae
- Country
- Comoros
- Status
- National symbol (the football team are 'Les Coelacanthes')
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- True story
- A fish lineage about 400 million years old, thought extinct until one was caught in 1938.
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