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‘Granddad,’ Oldest Aquarium Fish In The World, Dies

The world’s oldest aquarium resident has passed away.

Known as Granddad,” the Australian lungfish had resided in a tank at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago since 1933.

Shedd President and CEO Bridget Coughlin, Ph.D., said:

“It is incredible to know that more than 104 million guests had the opportunity to see Granddad in our care and learn about his unique species over eight decades.”

When first captured in Australia, Granddad was already a full-grown adult lungfish, so chances are it was probably close to (or past) the age of 100 when its health deteriorated earlier this month and aquarium officials decided to humanely euthanize it.

To learn more about Granddad‘s history, check out the Shedd Aquarium’s website at sheddaquarium.org.

John Liang
John Lianghttps://www.deeperblue.com/
John Liang is the News Editor at DeeperBlue.com. He first got the diving bug while in High School in Cairo, Egypt, where he earned his PADI Open Water Diver certification in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula. Since then, John has dived in a volcanic lake in Guatemala, among white-tipped sharks off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and other places including a pool in Las Vegas helping to break the world record for the largest underwater press conference.

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