Meet our Gar Squad: Garbanzo, Garlic, Garnet, Gardenia, and… Geoff! 😆 Gars are “living fossils” that have been swimming the planet for over 150 million years, and have barely changed since the age of dinosaurs! The longnose and spotted gars in the Ancestral Fishes exhibit are target trained to swim to a floating hoop at feeding time, making sure each one gets the right amount of food and some extra enrichment. Each gar has their own distinct personality: Garbanzo always comes back for seconds (