The lungfish Methuselah receives care from a biologist at the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences
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The Australian lungfish is a river fish native to southeastern Queensland. According to fossil records, the ancestors of this ancient fish appeared about 380 million years ago. As their name suggests, lungfish don’t just breathe with their gills, but also have a lung to supplement oxygen intake during unusual circumstances, such as when there is poor water quality, low water levels or during spawning season. Lungfish are the most closely related of any living creature to the first fish to crawl from the sea onto land.
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