The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco believes it has the world’s oldest living fish in an aquarium. The fish is an Australian lungfish, and it lives in a glass container in a museum. The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper first wrote about the fish in 1947. The story said the fish looked “strange” and might have been an example of the link between animals that lived in the ocean and those that lived on land. The fish is named Methuselah after a person said to have lived 969 years in the Bible. While she is not that old, biologists at the aquarium think the fish is about 90 years old. They believe it is the oldest living example of a lungfish in an aquarium. Until a few years ago, the oldest Australian lungfish was at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. But that fish, named Granddad, died in 2017 at the age of 95. “By default,” said biologist Allan Jan, “Methuselah is the oldest.” Jan looks after the fish in San Francisco. He believes the fish is female but does not know for sure. The aquarium plans to take a very small part of the fish’s fin and send it to scientists in Australia. The scientists will try to confirm the fish’s age and sex.
Title: San Francisco Is Home to World’s Oldest Fish in Aquarium
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San Francisco Chronicle newspaper first wrote about the fish in 1947. </span> <span data-start-time='25688' data-end-time='37313'>The story said the fish looked “strange” and might have been an example of the link between animals that lived in the ocean and those that lived on land.</span> <span data-start-time='37313' data-end-time='46708'>The fish is named Methuselah after a person said to have lived 969 years in the Bible. </span> <span data-start-time='46708' data-end-time='55667'>While she is not that old, biologists at the aquarium think the fish is about 90 years old. </span> <span data-start-time='55667' data-end-time='62708'>They believe it is the oldest living example of a lungfish in an aquarium.</span> <span data-start-time='62708' data-end-time='72042'>Until a few years ago, the oldest Australian lungfish was at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. </span> <span data-start-time='72042' data-end-time='79646'>But that fish, named Granddad, died in 2017 at the age of 95.</span> <span data-start-time='79646' data-end-time='88604'>“By default,” said biologist Allan Jan, “Methuselah is the oldest.”</span> <span data-start-time='88604' data-end-time='92188'>Jan looks after the fish in San Francisco. </span> <span data-start-time='92188' data-end-time='97604'>He believes the fish is female but does not know for sure. </span> <span data-start-time='97604' data-end-time='107333'>The aquarium plans to take a very small part of the fish’s fin and send it to scientists in Australia. </span> <span data-start-time='107333' data-end-time='111750'>The scientists will try to confirm the fish’s age and sex.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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