Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) - 50 Seconds

You often read about Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) the stuff of deep sea legends. Today with ROV technology theses critters are no longer the oceanic legends they once were.

Here's 50 seconds of deep sea bliss with the Coelacanth for your review:

2 comments:

DaShark said...

Actually, it's not ROV technology but the real deal!

Hans Fricke is a German Latimeriaholic who has built two tiny submersibles to go check them out in person, see http://www.dinofish.com/jago.html and video on http://www.arkive.org/coelacanth/latimeria-chalumnae/video-00.html.

Horizon Charters Guadalupe Cage Diving said...

Thanks for the update Mike. Hans is officially the coolest underwater guy we know!