Scientists Find Oldest Living Animal, Then Kill It

[rusty99]

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,306076,00.html#23

British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal ? that is, until they killed it.

The team from Bangor University in Wales was dredging the waters north of Iceland as part of routine research when the unfortunate specimen, belonging to the clam species Arctica islandica, commonly known as the ocean quahog, was hauled up from waters 250 feet deep.

Only after researchers cut through its shell, which made it more of an ex-clam, and counted its growth rings did they realize how old it had been ? between 405 and 410 years old.

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[Evil Tony]

Re: Scientists Find Oldest Living Animal, Then Kill It

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,306076,00.html#23

British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal ? that is, until they killed it.

The team from Bangor University in Wales was dredging the waters north of Iceland as part of routine research when the unfortunate specimen, belonging to the clam species Arctica islandica, commonly known as the ocean quahog, was hauled up from waters 250 feet deep.

Only after researchers cut through its shell, which made it more of an ex-clam, and counted its growth rings did they realize how old it had been ? between 405 and 410 years old.

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He, it lived a pretty long and frutiful life.

[xGoblin013x]

"When 400 years old you reach, look as good you will not, hmm?"
dang it, out of all those emoticons, not one yoda...

[thedeadlyassassin]

Dee dee dee!

[CarbonFire]

Only after researchers cut through its shell, which made it more of an ex-clam, and counted its growth rings did they realize how old it had been ? between 405 and 410 years old.

395...396...397...39-.....oh crap, lost my place again.

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This is one of those damned if you do, and damned if you don't moments. Had they not cut it open, they would have never known how old it was. And by knowing, they inevitably had to kill it.

This would all be solved if those lazy clams would open up once an a while and share their juicy secrets