112-year-old fish has broken a longevity record

www.nationalgeographic.com ^ | PUBLISHED August 2, 2019 | By Sean Landsman

[MortMan]

Give a cat a fish and the cat will mope about all day because no one gave it another fish. ;-P

[jjotto]

It’s native to Hudson Bay area, not to most of the USA.

Hard to imagine rivers I know without carp and buffalo, etc.

[JBW1949]

You first gut the fish...Skin it...Filet it...Tack it to a small pine plank with small, clean nails...Bake it at 400 degrees for 45 minutes...

Take it from the oven and let it sit for 5-7 minutes...

Take it off the plank....Throw the fish away and eat the plank....

[HombreSecreto]

Movie poster for “The Disgusting Ms. Limpet.”

[RJS1950]

They taste like carp, because they are a carp variant. Used to catch them in the area around Sioux Falls and the Northwest part of Iowa.

[arthurus]

I read here about 400 year old Arctic sharks.

[DannyTN]

Fish on the Ark? I don’t think so.

Aquatic animals, insects, amphibians would all have survived the flood. It’s the land animals and birds, that Noah would have needed to save. And it’s not like he needed every kind of wolf/dog or every kind of horse, because those breeds all descended from the same genetic potential.

[Red Badger]

the oldest age-validated freshwater bony fish,..............

[Billthedrill]

"Evidence? We had the evidence but we don't know where it went," stated Professor Fluffy.

[miliantnutcase]

For the most part only Asian cultures eat them.

[dainbramaged]

It’s a mammal, but Bowhead whales have an average lifespan of over 200 years. Back in the 80’s, Alaskan wildlife biologists discovered stone harpoon points embedded in a freshly killed whale near Barrow.

[BuffaloJack]

When I was younger, one of my friends had a parrot that they kept inheriting. If memory serves me, the bird was originally acquired by by friend’s great grandfather. They didn’t know how old the parrot was, but someone in the family estimated it at about 135 years.
The rule for pets should be nothing that is stronger than me or will outlive me.

[Red Badger]

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/07/animals-oldest-sponges-whales-fish/

[Red Badger]

We had a parrot that we ‘inherited’ from a neighbor, who inherited it from another neighbor, who had raised it from the egg.

We really didn’t know how old it was, but assumed it to be 50+ when it died.................

[HamiltonJay]

While I am not saying it isn’t rare, fish that live over 100 years on average are known... Orange Roughy for example are known to live up to nearly 150 years.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Before I would fully believe this heretofore unknown longevity of the Bigmouth Buffalo, I’d question the veracity of the carbon dating method employed.”

So they caught a fish, killed it and carbon dated it. Does anyone see a problem with this?

[Red Badger]

Doesn't anybody read articles anymore?................ "...the oldest age-validated freshwater bony fish..."🤔

[HamiltonJay]

I DID read the article...I am responding to THIS EXACT QUOTE FROM IT:

“A fish that lives over 100 years? That’s a big deal,” said Solomon David, assistant professor at Nicholls State University in Louisiana, who was not involved in the study.

[Red Badger]

This particular fish is a freshwater fish, where age is typically limited unless it's in a remote area. There are many saltwater species that live a long time primarily because the oceans are so big. Sorry, didn't mean to single you out..............😎

[seawolf101]

Like fish..................

That was funny.