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July 25, 2024

The 'living fossil' fish swimming back from near extinction in Romania - its only home on our planet
Jul 25, 2024

The 'living fossil' fish swimming back from near extinction in Romania - its only home on our planet .

Guarded by Romania's highest mountain peak, Moldoveanu, and the highest hill, Chiciora, flows the winding Vâlsan River - the world's only refuge of the asprete, a near-extinct, mysterious-looking 'living fossil' fish that needs humans back in its corner to survive and thrive. And the Aspretele (...)

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