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Taxidermy Robots, Talking to Dolphins (and Aliens), Methuselah the Fish

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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The Age of Methuselah: Unraveling the Mystery

This chapter discusses the difficulty in determining the age of fish, introducing the Australian lungfish Methuselah as a living fossil. Two scientists share their non-invasive method of estimating fish age using DNA, revealing Methuselah to potentially be the oldest living aquarium fish.

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