Ancient 'Rebel' Fish Had Shark-Like Personality
When you buy through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . A new ancient fish with a sharklike tail discovered in Canada was a fast - move , aggressive predator , quite unlike its sulky relatives today . Today ’s coelacanth ( Latimeria chalumnae ) is renowned for being a " living dodo . " Researchers thought these large , paddle - tail fish had gone extinct during the Cretaceous period — until a fishermancaught a live coelacanthoff the east coast of South Africa in 1938 ....