Re: NANFA-L-- Last Night's Nova

Mysteryman (bestfish at alaweb.com)
Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:30:58 -0700

SHasloue at kdhe.state.ks.us wrote:

>Great program about the re-discovery of the coelacanth!
>
>It kind of put a little well deserved "Indiana Jones"-like mystique to
>Ichthyology.
>
>
>
JLB Smith, the guy who discovered it, published a nifty book about the
whole adventure back in 1956. I recently lost an ebay auction in which I
tried to get it, but from what I understand, the thing reads almost like
an Indiana Jones movie, but one written by Jones himself.
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