ANIMALS WHO DEFIED TIME
5 ANCIENT ANIMALS WHO ARE STILL ALIVE
The Earth has seen many species rise and fall, "living fossils" persist, revealing ancient ecosystems and their genetic legacies.
Credit : PEXELS Here are some animals who are ancient and still alive:
Credit : PEXELS Coelacanth
The coelacanth, a "living fossil" dating over 410 million years, reemerged in 1938, unchanged, featuring lobed limbs like ancient land vertebrates.
Credit : PINTEREST, JAGRAN JOSH Emperor Scorpion
Emperor scorpions are large and low-venomous. They are vital for pet trade, conservation and understanding evolutionary history over 300 million years.
Credit : PINTEREST, JAGRAN JOSH Horseshoe Crab
Horseshoe crabs, existing over 450 million years, attract interest due to their unique blue blood used in medical research and survival of extinctions.
Credit : PINTEREST, JAGRAN JOSH Platypus
The platypus is an ancient egg-laying mammal who has survived 170 million years. This looks like a duck-bill and have webbed feet.
Credit : PINTEREST, JAGRAN JOSH Tuatara
The tuatara, New Zealand's unique reptile, is the last of rhynchocephalian and has a light-sensitive "third eye."
Credit : PINTEREST, JAGRAN JOSH