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@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 1:06 AM

I chose to choose something that’s a relic to us (although admittedly any fossil would’ve worked). Have the namesake of the living fossil, the Permian Coelacanthus

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Coelacanthus
Coelan
Hollow Spine

Coelacanths as a group have been around for ages, with Coelacanthus being the first one found, way before the one was fished up off the coast of Africa. Coelacanthus is from the Permian, and as such is one of the lucky few marine clades to survive past the great dying and the two hundred million years or so into the modern day. A true survivor.

I only see Coelan’s at night. I suspect they spend most of their time during the day asleep at the bottom of the ocean or in caves. They’re slow moving, and often have a bit of a derpy smile to them, but I think it’s quite cute to see. Sometimes they’ll come out too early and I’ll see them stumbling about in the water, struggling to see in the evening light. I’ve even had a few bump into me when I’m at the surface watching, and I always just very gently push them back to deeper water.

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