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Quahog clam found off Florida coast believed to be 214 years old
UPI ^ | By Ben Hooper

Posted on 03/01/2023 12:11:16 PM PST by Red Badger

A quahog clam found at Florida's Alligator Point was determined by researchers to be about 214 years old. Photo courtesy of the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab/Facebook

Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A 2.6-pound quahog claim that made a rare visit to the Florida coast is believed by researchers to be 214 years old.

Blaine Parker said he was collecting shellfish to make chowder at Alligator Point, on St. James Island in Franklin County when he found the gigantic quahog clam, an Atlantic species found most often north of North Carolina.

"We were just going to eat it, but we thought about it a while and figured it was probably pretty special. So, we didn't want to kill it," Parker told the Tallahassee Democrat.

Parker took the clam to the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab in Panacea, where researchers confirmed it was much larger than the average quahog, which typically weigh up to half a pound and measure up to 4.3 inches in length. Parker's clam was measured at 6 inches long.

Researchers said the alternating bands of light on the clam's shell indicate it was born in 1809, the same year Abraham Lincoln was born. Parker dubbed his find Aber-Clam Lincoln.

Lab officials said Lincoln is believed to be the fourth-oldest clam on record. The oldest, a quahog named Ming, was discovered off the coast of Iceland in 2007 and was determined to be 507 years old.

Parker and researchers at the lab agreed to return the clam to the Gulf of Mexico.

"We just figured he won't live very well in captivity. And I think he's earned the right to stay out there," Parker said.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine; History; Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: 214yearsold; animals; chowder; dietandcuisine; fl; florida; floridaclam; godsgravesglyphs; gulfofmexico; mollusk; quahogclam; seafood
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To: WHATNEXT?

Well, it eats a lot of seafood.................


21 posted on 03/01/2023 12:36:09 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

22 posted on 03/01/2023 12:37:05 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Red Badger

I didn’t know class were born.

Maybe that’s part of the new biology that comes with men having babies.


23 posted on 03/01/2023 12:42:04 PM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: NautiNurse

You’re right, pic means nothing without a scale.


24 posted on 03/01/2023 12:43:00 PM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: seowulf

Make that clams.

Spellcheck!


25 posted on 03/01/2023 12:43:19 PM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Red Badger

Glad they decided not to eat Abra-Clam Lincoln

Now he can Stay Clam and Carry On


26 posted on 03/01/2023 12:54:56 PM PST by silverleaf (โ€œFreedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree withโ€. T. Sowell)
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To: NautiNurse
Annoying photo has no frame of reference for size (e.g. ruler, coin, hand).



27 posted on 03/01/2023 12:57:01 PM PST by Ezekiel (๐Ÿ†˜๏ธ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars โ™‚๏ธ, aka every man)
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To: silverleaf

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ..................................


28 posted on 03/01/2023 12:59:37 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

The clam reportedly voted twice for Joe Biden in 2020.
Clams reportedly voted Democrat in a sand slide in recent elections. Biden came out with a $1.5 trillion clam spending bill to remedy past clam marginalization .


29 posted on 03/01/2023 1:01:52 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Red Badger

“...indicate it was born in 1809”

I didn’t know that clams gave birth. I guess you learn something new every day.


30 posted on 03/01/2023 1:02:35 PM PST by paint_your_wagon
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To: Red Badger

FTA: A 2.6-pound quahog claim...

“””””
I guess it only claims to be a clam.


31 posted on 03/01/2023 1:09:20 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Bigg Red

Well, at least it wasn’t a copper clam...............


32 posted on 03/01/2023 1:13:00 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: TangoLimaSierra
But...old Abe as Prexy was not so clean shaven.
33 posted on 03/01/2023 1:17:51 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Magnum44

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yOeGsExSsgw


34 posted on 03/01/2023 1:18:33 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: NautiNurse

If you are, in fact, what your handle claims you are, you should have what you need, close at hand.


35 posted on 03/01/2023 1:21:02 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Red Badger

I wonder if UPI would have such compassion for a 214 day old fetus? NAAAA!


36 posted on 03/01/2023 1:23:25 PM PST by JJBookman (Democrats, killing humanity one heartbeat at a time.)
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To: Red Badger

I assuming at that age that clam had a beard.


37 posted on 03/01/2023 1:24:40 PM PST by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: JJBookman

Yes they would. UPI is owned by the Unification Church................


38 posted on 03/01/2023 1:27:15 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Az Joe

๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ‘Œ...................................


39 posted on 03/01/2023 1:27:48 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Yeesss...that is one element. But, what does the clam have that we don’t have? Just asking.


40 posted on 03/01/2023 1:30:12 PM PST by WHATNEXT?
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