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World's oldest creature is revealed to be 507-year-old shellfish called Ming ...
Daily Mail ^
| 11-13-13
| Ellie Zolfagharifard
Posted on 11/13/2013 7:24:25 AM PST by smokingfrog
A clam named 'Ming' has been confirmed as the worlds oldest animal at 507 years old.
Ming saw off Queen Elizabeth I, the English Civil War, the entire Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution and two World Wars.
But its life came to an abrupt end seven years ago when scientists from Bangor University dredged the seabed near Iceland as part of a study into climate change.
Not knowing the long life of the mollusc, researchers at Bangor University opened its shell for analysis, killing Ming in the process.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: clam; climatechange; climatechangehoax; globalwarminghoax; godsgravesglyphs; worldsoldest
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To: All
“Frankly, Scallop...I don’t give a clam!!!”
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posted on
11/13/2013 7:54:39 AM PST
by
Boonie
To: smokingfrog
Where’s the birth certificate?
To: smokingfrog
I left my heart heart......In Sam Clam’s Disco.
43
posted on
11/13/2013 8:01:52 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: pax_et_bonum
44
posted on
11/13/2013 8:07:20 AM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: smokingfrog
Ming saw off Queen Elizabeth I, the English Civil War, the entire Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution and two World Wars. Clams have eyes?
45
posted on
11/13/2013 8:08:32 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
To: smokingfrog
Climatologists are cold-blooded killers! Warm-blooded creatures are next!
46
posted on
11/13/2013 8:10:17 AM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
To: smokingfrog
Nature does not trust a clamatoligist.. Neither should we.
To: null and void
48
posted on
11/13/2013 8:16:50 AM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless Americadd)
To: smokingfrog
scientists KILLED it by opening it up to check its age
Now was that really necessary? I’d support that if they were trying to figure out Pelosi or Hillary’s real age, but not some poor shellfish.
49
posted on
11/13/2013 8:18:32 AM PST
by
Farnsworth
(Now playing in America: "Stupid is the new normal")
To: smokingfrog
How big is the damn thing?
I’d compare to the typeface, but don’t know if that is 12 or 36 font.....
50
posted on
11/13/2013 8:23:50 AM PST
by
G Larry
(Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
To: OB1kNOb
We spent 4 days in Seattle last month. Ate at Ivars every day for lunch. Yum.
51
posted on
11/13/2013 8:29:01 AM PST
by
Dexter Morgan
(Everyone hides who they are.)
To: smokingfrog
Not knowing the long life of the mollusc, researchers at Bangor University opened its shell for analysis, killing Ming in the process. It's not dead. It's sleeping.
52
posted on
11/13/2013 8:39:11 AM PST
by
VRW Conspirator
(Obama is a proven liar, an admitted liar, an unrepentent liar.)
To: G Larry
53
posted on
11/13/2013 8:42:17 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Farnsworth
I’d call it “merciless”...
54
posted on
11/13/2013 8:43:03 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: VRW Conspirator
Are you kidding? This is an EX clam!
55
posted on
11/13/2013 8:43:31 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: MrB
it’s like cutting down a huge redwood just to see how old it is. just dumb
56
posted on
11/13/2013 8:45:17 AM PST
by
Farnsworth
(Now playing in America: "Stupid is the new normal")
To: Farnsworth
The universities turn out thousands of educated idiots every year. Some get jobs in government or business where they can do real harm. But they all had to do research papers.
57
posted on
11/13/2013 9:10:06 AM PST
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: smokingfrog
While it is true that “creature” especially means animals, the term actually includes all living things (including angels). I believe the Joshua Tree is the oldest living creature.
The term means those souls (including angelic, vegetative, animal and rational (human) souls) created by God.
58
posted on
11/13/2013 9:35:50 AM PST
by
dangus
To: reed13
claming for future refrence
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posted on
11/13/2013 9:51:04 AM PST
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: smokingfrog
'Ming' has been confirmed as the worlds oldest animal at 507 years old.
I'll believe that when I see a birth certificate....
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posted on
11/13/2013 9:52:44 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(I don't call "911", in my house, I AM '911"....)
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