Taxacom: Coelacanth off coast of California?

[John Grehan]

Probably going to be a wise curse as time goes on. Even press releases may
have to be treated with caution, and even if in a 'reputable' source. I
guess its check, check, and check again and hope for the best. I worry that
in the future that there will be fallacious postings of new records on
inaturalist. I guess I worry too much.

On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 9:26?AM Dennis During via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> No field seems to be immune from sites, blogs, newsletters that are
> clickbait. Interestingly and offering some hope the Google search AI engine
> said that coelacanths were not "typically" found in Monterey Bay and were
> not linked to MBAR or Scrips.
>
> Dennis C. During
>
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2025, 17:55 John Grehan via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Ah! Good. I kind of wondered when there was no direct source to the
> > purported agencies finding the fish.
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 5:34?PM David Campbell <pleuronaia at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The site appears to specialize in misinformation.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 2:19?PM John Grehan via Taxacom <
> > > taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Came across this Coelacanth report
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.animalsaroundtheglobe.com%2Fscientists-discovered-a-living-fossil-fish-off-the-california-coast-1-320620%2F&data%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Ceadf4d7a8f194dc5dc7a08dd859a75bf%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638813620647097097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XjJNWfUGNqTi2s6zNZbNjB%2BwP2gpbodY8XfqbZkNW7c%3D&reserved=0
> > >>
> > >> But could find nothing on the web from the two institutions attributed
> > to
> > >> the find (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and the
> > Scripps
> > >> Institution of Oceanography). Can anyone corroborate or refute this
> > >> report?
> > >>
> > >> John Grehan
> > >>
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