Coelacanths Are Unique, Ancient-Looking Fish
by Owen Borville
July 3, 2020
Biology
The Coelacanth is a unique, large prehistoric-looking fish, reaching up to 6 feet long and weighing up to 200 pounds. This creature is a living fossil in that it was thought to have gone extinct 66 million years ago by the mainstream scientists' fossil record interpretation, but this fish was discovered living in 1938. Its fossils look essentially similar to living versions. Coelacanths are believed to date 360 million years to 66 million years in the mainstream scientists faulty time scale and is therefore considered to be an ancient fish. Creationists assert that the coelacanth is a uniquely designed creation 6,000 years ago.
The two living classified species of coelacanth are rare and live off the east coast of Africa and off the Indonesian waters up to 2,300 feet deep. Coelacanths are lobe-finned and have a thick, scaly armor that is common in extinct fish. Coelacanths have a 60 year lifespan and are nocturnal, living in sea caves during the day and coming out at night.
Evolutionists erroneously believe that coelacanths were the ancestors of four-legged land animals but have difficulty explaining this lineage. Coelacanths have four fleshy lobed fins that move in an alternating pattern that evolutionists say resembles a tetrapod. This is an unusual form of locomotion but is part of a unique design. Evolutionists say that their fins look and move like arms but these uniquely designed fins are simply part of a special creation. By watching videoclips of the coelacanth, it is clear that it uses its fins for swimming and locomotion in the water and not for walking. The coelacanth could not walk on its fins. Its flat and powerful tail is also unique for strong swimming ability.
More Unique Features of the Coelacanth that Show Design
Coelacanths have a unique jaw that allows for wide opening and consuming large prey. The jaw is connected to a hinge in the skull that allows the wide opening and strong connecting muscles allow for powerful grip of prey.
Coelacanths also have an organ in their snouts that is part of an electrosensory system. Scientists believe that the coelacanth uses electroreception to avoid obstacles and find prey.
The electrosensory organ and the unique jaw are not found in any other living vertebrate.
The coelacanth has an oil-filled swim bladder designed to increase buoyancy.
The eyes of the coelacanth are designed to see in the dim, deep waters of near darkness.
Coelacanths also have an oil-filled notochord, a hollow-pressurized tube instead of a backbone. They also have tiny brains, but this has not stopped the coelacanth from functioning in its environment.
Coelacanths give birth to live offspring instead of laying eggs, an unusual fact.
Therefore, the features of the coelacanth show a unique design by an Intelligent Designer.
by Owen Borville
July 3, 2020
Biology
The Coelacanth is a unique, large prehistoric-looking fish, reaching up to 6 feet long and weighing up to 200 pounds. This creature is a living fossil in that it was thought to have gone extinct 66 million years ago by the mainstream scientists' fossil record interpretation, but this fish was discovered living in 1938. Its fossils look essentially similar to living versions. Coelacanths are believed to date 360 million years to 66 million years in the mainstream scientists faulty time scale and is therefore considered to be an ancient fish. Creationists assert that the coelacanth is a uniquely designed creation 6,000 years ago.
The two living classified species of coelacanth are rare and live off the east coast of Africa and off the Indonesian waters up to 2,300 feet deep. Coelacanths are lobe-finned and have a thick, scaly armor that is common in extinct fish. Coelacanths have a 60 year lifespan and are nocturnal, living in sea caves during the day and coming out at night.
Evolutionists erroneously believe that coelacanths were the ancestors of four-legged land animals but have difficulty explaining this lineage. Coelacanths have four fleshy lobed fins that move in an alternating pattern that evolutionists say resembles a tetrapod. This is an unusual form of locomotion but is part of a unique design. Evolutionists say that their fins look and move like arms but these uniquely designed fins are simply part of a special creation. By watching videoclips of the coelacanth, it is clear that it uses its fins for swimming and locomotion in the water and not for walking. The coelacanth could not walk on its fins. Its flat and powerful tail is also unique for strong swimming ability.
More Unique Features of the Coelacanth that Show Design
Coelacanths have a unique jaw that allows for wide opening and consuming large prey. The jaw is connected to a hinge in the skull that allows the wide opening and strong connecting muscles allow for powerful grip of prey.
Coelacanths also have an organ in their snouts that is part of an electrosensory system. Scientists believe that the coelacanth uses electroreception to avoid obstacles and find prey.
The electrosensory organ and the unique jaw are not found in any other living vertebrate.
The coelacanth has an oil-filled swim bladder designed to increase buoyancy.
The eyes of the coelacanth are designed to see in the dim, deep waters of near darkness.
Coelacanths also have an oil-filled notochord, a hollow-pressurized tube instead of a backbone. They also have tiny brains, but this has not stopped the coelacanth from functioning in its environment.
Coelacanths give birth to live offspring instead of laying eggs, an unusual fact.
Therefore, the features of the coelacanth show a unique design by an Intelligent Designer.
