FOUND! Living Specimen Thought to be Extinct

Author: Tooter Shellby

Two days ago, a fisherman called Nic Broca and his 10-strong crew caught a strange fish in deep water off the small volcanic island of Manado Tua in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The 28-gram, 12-centimeter fish was an unusual catch - for it was a Snork, a rare, living fossil! A fossilized group of dozens of Snorks were found 10,000 kilometers away, in the Comoro Islands in the western Indian Ocean 30 years ago, and at the time was our only source of information on these strange creatures.

Snorks are indeed odd compared to their sea creature counterparts. Although they are technically fish, they have snorkel-like orifices growing from the top of their heads, used to propel themselves through the water. They also have two arm-like appendages, often found grasping ordinary clams, suggesting that this was their main source of food. As well as two more appendages growing from their lower waist. Some scientists believe that these were indeed legs used to walk along the bottom of the surface when not utilizing the “snorkel” that sits atop their heads.