Queensland Lungfish & Mary River Turtle

The Mary River, in south-east Queensland, Australia, is home to the Mary River Turtle and the Queensland Lungfish. The proposed Traveston Dam would have placed even more pressure on these already threatened species, possibly wiping them out completely. QUEENSLAND LUNGFISH (Neoceratodus forsteri) The Queensland Lungfish is a living fossil, some records suggest it hasn’t changed in at least 100 million years. Unique among fish, the lungfish has a modified swim bladder that it uses to breathe air at the wat