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oldest animal ever (507 years old)
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Panchito
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Date: November 15, 2013 09:22AM [www.cbsnews.com]
"A group of researchers working in Iceland in 2006 discovered a really old clam. They wanted to figure out just how old it could be, so they decided to open it up and count the growth rings along the clam's hinge ligament. They got their answer -- and it was shocking. They said the clam was 405 years old. They'd found the oldest living animal in the world (excluding primitive metozoans). Only, it wasn't living anymore, because opening it up had killed the clam. And little did they know, their measurement was wrong. Ming the clam was an entire century older than they first calculated. They recently measured again. And now they say it was actually 507 years old. " Re: oldest animal ever (507 years old)
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: November 15, 2013 02:58PM God, why the hell did they need to know this before they killed it? Idiots.  Re: oldest animal ever (507 years old)
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Panchito
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Date: November 15, 2013 10:42PM it sucks. people live in their own bubble and killing other animals is normal for whatever reason. Re: oldest animal ever (507 years old)
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: November 17, 2013 04:03PM Panchito Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > it sucks. people live in their own bubble and > killing other animals is normal for whatever > reason. Did you hear about the elk that was nuzzling a photographer and the video went viral? [www.youtube.com] They KILLED it!!! They suck, the end.  Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2013 04:07PM by banana who. Re: oldest animal ever (507 years old)
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vermontnl
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Date: November 17, 2013 05:38PM And they killed the largest octopus too!
F******* people (scientists). Re: oldest animal ever (507 years old)
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Panchito
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Date: November 17, 2013 07:58PM it is based around convenient ideologies. And convienence can mean anything that can create a verbal, economic, whatever. the technical name is specism
[en.wikipedia.org] "Speciesism (also referred to as human supremacism[1]) involves the assignment of different values, rights, or special consideration to individuals solely on the basis of their species membership." [www.youtube.com] Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2013 08:10PM by Panchito. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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