Idiots in science: Scientists confirm world's oldest creature, killing it in the process
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RR Phantom
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Subject: Idiots in science: Scientists confirm world's oldest creature, killing it in the process Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:52 pm
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.