How strange is was to see your post... i'm an avid Acrophobia player (an online word game where you must create topical sentences from randomly chosen letters - great fun!) and i've used Coelacanth several times since i read about the recent South African sighting, if for no other reason than to stump my fellow players.

BTW, here's a far more interesting fish for you to check out... just cross your legs before doing so:

The Candiru

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000519.html



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