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Dwarf Sawfish (Pristis clavata)
Period: Cretaceous
Age: 95 million years
Region: Lebanon
Dwarf sawfish can be encountered in all the warm seas of the world. They generally live in
shallow waters and sometimes travel to the upper reaches of rivers. The young enter the world
together with their saws; but they do not harm the mother because they are sheathed in a mem-
brane during birth. Sawfish use these organs as a defensive weapon, and also use them for
hunting by waving them to the right and left when they enter among shoals of fish. They also
use their saws to dig about in the muddy sea bed.
There is no difference between the sawfish in a 95-million-year-old fossil and a sawfish living
today. The long, saw-like nose, its pronounced skull shape and the broad fins on the sides of
its body can all be made out clearly. Sawfish, which have remained unchanged for millions of
years, once again reveal the extent to which the evolutionists are in error.
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