Thursday, January 6, 2022

Methuselah - World's Oldest Fish Living in an Aquarium


video upload by California Academy of Sciences

"Hear from Steinhart Aquarium's highly skilled animal husbandry team about how they care for Methuselah, our lively eldest Australian lungfish. Learn how Methuselah has inspired and educated visitors to become one of the Academy's most iconic residents."

via Boing Boing

"In 1938, Methuselah arrived in San Francisco on a boat from Queensland, Australia and took up residence at the Steinhart Aquarium. Methuselah is a lungfish who, at around 90-years-old, is thought to be the world's oldest fish living in a zoological setting."

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