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[hellyeahrelicanth]

You may fascinate a marine biologist by showing them a Relicanth

[hellyeahrelicanth]

Some claim that Relicanth live for thousands of years at the bottom of the ocean. This likely isn't true, but so far no one has managed to prove otherwise. The Relicanth know, of course, but they don't care to share.

[hellyeahrelicanth]

Relicanth were once thought to be extinct, lost to prehistory. However, several decades ago, they were discovered again during a deep-sea expedition by complete chance. This tells us fossil records of Relicanth must have been found and known to science before their joyous re-discovery. Despite this, it is impossible to source a Relicanth fossil anywhere in the open market. Why is that, professors? Why are you keeping them all to yourselves?

[hellyeahrelicanth]

Contrary to popular belief, Kabuto is not an extinct pokemon, being found very rarely in wild populations far from humanity. Despite this, there have been no sightings of Kabutops in recorded history, barring fossil Kabuto that have been revived and evolved.

It is theorised that Kabuto forwent evolution due to the cumbersome nature of Kabutops for the certainty of their deep sea-dwelling form. If true, this could be an earlier example of the strategy that Relicanth are so known for, remaining stable and wise at the bottom of the ocean. Of course, Kabuto are even rarer than Relicanth, with the perfect lifeform clearly having perfected this strategy.