5 Prehistoric Fish Still Alive Today

In this video I will be going through 5 prehistoric fish that are still alive today. In the modern day there are very few reminders on the large creatures that roamed the earth, with some of the few reminders being fossils and the oil that we use to power our cars. There are a few animals alive today that have survived since the dinosaurs roamed the earth. This so called living fossils are normally very well adapted to survive this long. In this video i will be going through some prehistoric fish that are sometimes known as living fossils. Attributions Gar images: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaa_gl... USFWS Midwest Region https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmi... James St. John https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeol... Dave Edens https://www.flickr.com/photos/sevendead/ Joachim S. Müller https://www.flickr.com/photos/joachim... Coelacanth images: Earth Touch https://www.flickr.com/photos/earth-t... mickaushy https://www.flickr.com/photos/mickaushy/ Mr. Evil Cheese Scientist https://www.flickr.com/photos/evil_ch... Bruce A.S.Henderson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Bowfin images: NYS DEC https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdec/ Petroglyph https://www.flickr.com/photos/2811311... J E Theriot https://www.flickr.com/photos/jetheriot/ Greg Laden https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg_la... Phil's 1stPix https://www.flickr.com/photos/1stpix_... Bowfin footage: Angling Anarchy    / @anglinganarchy   Sawfish images: Jonathan (Jon) Armbruster https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonarmb... Simon Fraser University - Communications & Marketing https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfupamr/ FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute https://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwc/ Bichir Images: Jin Kemoole https://www.flickr.com/photos/1464011... lapradei https://www.flickr.com/photos/greenla... naturald https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturald/ Steven G. Johnson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us... Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Coelacanth fossil: Ermell https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us... Sawfish fossil: Hectonichus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us... Gar fossil: James St. John https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeol... Bass image: Rawpixel Ltd https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintage... Lobe finned fish: Nobu Tamura http://spinops.blogspot.com/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Prehistoricplanes https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us... Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Spinosaurus image: Nobu Tamura http://spinops.blogspot.com/2014/10/s... Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Our first prehistoric fish is the bowfin. The bowfin is a air breathing north American predatory fish. These living fossils are mainly nocturnal and hunt other fish as well as a variety of invertebrates. Our next prehistoric fish are the coelacanths. There are two coelacanth species still alive today but for a long time coelacanths were thought to have gone extinct millions of years ago until some live specimens were discovered in 1938. Our next living fossils are the sawfish. there are 5 species of sawfish still alive today and although they may look like sharks they are actually members of the ray family. Sawfish are in trouble today as their saw are easily caught up in fishing nets. Our next prehistoric fish are the gars. Gars are some of the meanest looking predatory fish alive today and there are 7 species still on the planet today. like the bowfin they are able to breathe atmospheric oxygen meaning they can survive in a wide range of habitats. our final prehistoric fish are the bichirs. Bichirs are mainly found in Africa today in heavily vegetated swamps. Bichirs are some of the most diverse living fossils with around 12 species still existing today. What is your favourite prehistoric fish? Let me know in the comments below? Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)