Comments on: Oldest Live Birth Captured in Fish Fossil

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:26:08 +0000

Some fish give live birth today. Guppies, Swordtails, Molly, and Platties.

Since they only guess at the age, we can only laugh at their guess.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:51:59 +0000

That’s what I thought… there’s lots of reasons for a fish to die. There could have been some illness or trauma that caused the umbilical cord to not detach, which also caused death, or something could have gone wrong with the birth process. Maybe she was old. Who knows?

By: Idil

Idil — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:45:21 +0000

attenboroughi?
hah.

And how would oxygen be depleted THAT quickly… almost a split second? It would be gradual… surely the fish wouldn’t still be attached to its mother…

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:22:44 +0000

Mmm… paleolithic internal fertilization gets me all worked up.

By: Emily M

Emily M — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:44:19 +0000

Birth is fun to say in a creepy voice

By: sam

sam — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:48:01 +0000

Maybe it’s our great grandpa.

By: fact checkin'

fact checkin' — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:49:39 +0000

How does a fish die and become fossilized in the act of giving birth?

[from page 2 of the article] “The fish and its unborn offspring probably fell victim to rapid depletion of oxygen in the water, settling to the bottom of the sea where they were gently covered in layers of silt-like mud that hardened over time, according to the scientists.”

By: Archbob

Archbob — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:10:56 +0000

How does a fish die and become fossilized in the act of giving birth?