>  Could the population loss of coelacanths happening right now be caused
> by completely unrelated phenomena and its timing a complete coincidence?
> Maybe. Rather big of a coincidence, though.
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>                                                          - Warp
Not really. I wouldn't be surprised though if we found that the coelacanth 
has been in danger for centuries or even thousands of years. They have never 
been known to be common, not during recorded history. If people are 
responsible for their current status, I can't imagine how it happened. If 
they were over-fished we would probably know about it. I don't think we have 
deprived them of a habitat- not yet. Their food supply has always, and still 
is, plentiful. It may sound like a dumb question, but, in what way has 
mankind contributed to the dissapperance of the coelacanth?

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