Very sad to say that while the researchers were counting the growth rings (similar to the rings in a tree's trunk) to calculate its age, the clam died.Photo and info from National Geographic News "Longest-Lived Animal Found - Clam, 405"
Tuesday 30 October 2007
Long Live The Clam
A group of climate researchers from Bangor University, UK, were studying growth lines in clam shells as part of a project to understand how the climate has changed over the past one thousand years. While at it, they accidentally found this 405-year old (approx.) quahog clam (below). Once officially confirmed its age, it will take its predecessor's (220 years old) place in the Guinness Book of Records. 
Very sad to say that while the researchers were counting the growth rings (similar to the rings in a tree's trunk) to calculate its age, the clam died.
Photo and info from National Geographic News "Longest-Lived Animal Found - Clam, 405"
Very sad to say that while the researchers were counting the growth rings (similar to the rings in a tree's trunk) to calculate its age, the clam died.Photo and info from National Geographic News "Longest-Lived Animal Found - Clam, 405"
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