Longest-Lived Animal Found -- Clam, 405

[davo]

A clam dredged from icy Arctic waters is being hailed as the world's longest-lived animal.

Climate researchers at Bangor University in the United Kingdom recently counted 405 annual growth rings in the shells of a quahog clam.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071029-oldest-clam.html

 

[milkman407]

holy hell.

 

[repair]

I remember when it was born.

 

[yourockit]

I remember when it was born.

haha. i'm thinking about getting a sturgeon just so that i can see it live for fifty or so years.

 

[navygirl76]

cool beans. too bad it died when they were counting its rings.. it couldve lived longer had they left the damn thing alone

 

[toehead11183]

i wonder how old Guppy was when it was born!

 

[guppy]

i wonder how old Guppy was when it was born!

I made chowder from it's mother, lol

 

[KenyanSandBoa]

I made chowder from it's mother, lol

...delicious chowder...as long as it's New England style.

 

[How About That]

cool beans. too bad it died when they were counting its rings.. it couldve lived longer had they left the damn thing alone

too bad indeed, and happens way too often.

 

[davo]

they'll be older ones out there... probably.