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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:05 pm    Post subject: Older than a clam? Reply with quote

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071029-oldest-clam.html
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did it have a beard?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The full title of the article should have been

'Longest-Lived Animal Found -- And we Killed it!'

I know it wasn't the specific purpose of the research but I do find it somewhat ironic that they discovered the oldest living creature and in the process offed the poor beastie.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hope they gave it a funeral in some nice melted butter....
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