Coverage dated October 12, 2021

A 'living fossil' alligator gar is found for the first time in a Kansas river

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By Sherry Liang, CNN A creature known as a “living fossil” — the alligator gar — has found its way to Kansas for the first time in documented history. Angler Danny Lee “Butch” Smith caught the 4.5-foot, 39.5-pound fish (1.37 meters, 17.

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A 'living fossil' alligator gar is found for the first time in a Kansas river (opens Local News 8)
Published Oct 12, 2021
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By Sherry Liang, CNN A creature known as a “living fossil” — the alligator gar — has found its way to Kansas for the first time in documented history. Angler Danny Lee “Butch” Smith caught the 4.5-foot, 39.5-pound fish (1.37 meters, 17.
Newsweek
Four-foot alligator gar fish caught in Kansas is first ever recorded in state (opens Newsweek)
Published Oct 12, 2021
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Alligator gars are often referred to as "living fossils" as they can be traced back in the fossil record nearly 100 million years.
Fox News
Alligator gar caught in Kansas for the first time ever (opens Fox News)
Published Oct 12, 2021
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