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Scientists Confirm World's Oldest Creature...But Kill it Determining Its Age
Breitbart ^
| November 14 2013
| JON DAVID KAHN
Posted on 11/14/2013 8:21:14 PM PST by MeshugeMikey
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.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: age; bangoruniversity; clam; confirm; creature; determining; iceland; kill; ming; oldest; scientists; wales; world; worlds
To: MeshugeMikey
"One who breaks something to learn what it is has left the path of wisdom." -Mr. Spock
To: Entropy Squared
"One who breaks something to learn what it is has left the path of wisdom." -Mr. Spock -Gandalf
To: Entropy Squared
"We murder to dissect." --William Wordsworth
To: MeshugeMikey
Idiots. Like 11-year old boys taking things apart to see how they USED to work.
I get to say that, having once long ago been an 11-year old boy...
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:29:44 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: Entropy Squared
A graduate student in the 60’s was studying Bristle Cone pines. Got his very expensive coring bit stuck so he cut the tree down. Turns out it was 5000 years old, oldest anyone had ever found till then.
Kinda ruined the poor guy’s life.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:30:27 PM PST
by
DManA
To: DManA
Hmmmm
I wonder how old bo really is?
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:43:36 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:46:14 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: MeshugeMikey
Closing my eyes in expectation of Helen Thomas photos...
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:47:25 PM PST
by
LaybackLenny
(Sarah Palin - Last Man Standing (Ironic, ain't it?))
To: MeshugeMikey
RIP, Ming the 507 year old bearded clam. Fried, you were tough.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:48:14 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: DManA
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:48:38 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: dayglored
I was eleven once for an entire year. I took apart (and reassembled) an electric train engine and it never worked again.
In my defense it worked but it wasn't alive before I messed with it.
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posted on
11/14/2013 9:01:21 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: MeshugeMikey
So what did they do with it? Raw, steamed, Daddy Casino or what?
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posted on
11/14/2013 9:11:17 PM PST
by
Rembrandt
(Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
To: MeshugeMikey
that’s human beings for ya.
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posted on
11/14/2013 9:25:35 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
11/14/2013 10:22:03 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: dayglored
Geniuses. I used to be such a genius myself!
I think there may be an analogy to todays political...scientists..in there somewhere.
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posted on
11/15/2013 6:21:51 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
To: Rembrandt
rumor has it that they shipped it to the Whitehouse on the request of The Chef We Have All Been Waiting For..
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posted on
11/15/2013 6:26:24 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
To: LaybackLenny
LOLs
thee clam even in its current state is better looking and far more mentally productive than helen.
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posted on
11/15/2013 6:28:25 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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