Natural History Museum visit, 2007

Pickled coelacanth

These ancient fish were thought long extinct until live specimens were found in South Africa in the 1930s. Live coelacanth are pale blue and silver; this one has faded somewhat. It doesn't look very appetising; I think I'll stick to haddock.

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