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Scientific FACT! Murdered clam 405 yrs old.

Ooops. So much for scientific Facts.
In 2006, climate change experts from Bangor University in north Wales found a very special clam while dredging the seabeds of Iceland. At that time scientists counted the rings on the inside shell to determine that the clam was the ripe old age of 405. Unfortunately, by opening the clam which scientists refer to as "Ming," they killed it instantly.
Cut to 2013, researchers have determined that the original calculations of Ming's age were wrong, and that the now deceased clam was actually 102 years older than originally thought. Ming was 507 years old at the time of its demise.

According to the Mirror, Ocean scientist Paul Butler from Bangor University said: “We got it wrong the first time and maybe we were a bit hasty publishing our findings back then. But we are absolutely certain that we've got the right age now.The nice thing about these shells is that they have distinct annual growth lines, so we can accurately date the shell material.That’s just the same as what archaeologists do when they use tree rings in dead wood to work out the dates of old buildings.”

The 507-year-old clam shattered the previous unofficial title holder for world's oldest creature held by a 374-year-old Icelandic clam in a German museum.

No information was given as to which scientist murdered the former record holder.
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/11/14/Scientists-Confirm-World-s-Oldest-Creature-But-Kill-it-Determining-Its-Age
 
Foot-shooters of the world unite!

Actually, I wonder how they determined that particular clam was the oldest one? What about the one lying in the mud next to it? Couldn't that one have been older?
 

Barbella

Senator
That actually pissed me off. This clam survived for hundreds of years, did they HAVE to kill it? For what? What, exactly, was the purpose.....and how do humans benefit from it?

They don't. All they did was kill, as usual.
 

gigi

Mayor
That actually pissed me off. This clam survived for hundreds of years, did they HAVE to kill it? For what? What, exactly, was the purpose.....and how do humans benefit from it?

They don't. All they did was kill, as usual.

A group of compassionate liberals determined that the clam no longer had any reasonable quality of life.
 
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