Calling Captain Understatement…
British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal — that is, until they killed it.
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Only after researchers cut through its shell, which made it more of an ex-clam, and counted its growth rings did they realize how old it had been — between 405 and 410 years old.
Another clam of the same species had been verified at 220 years old, and a third may have lived 374 years. But this most recent clam was the oldest yet.
“Its death is an unfortunate aspect of this work, but we hope to derive lots of information from it,” postdoctoral scientist Al Wanamaker told London’s Guardian newspaper. “For our work, it’s a bonus, but it wasn’t good for this particular animal.”
Think of the Clamato that could make!
One would think postdoctoral scientist Al would have tried to get some reproductive material from the old clam before he deep sixed it.
Or was it a “her” clam?
Maybe AL should take a marine Biology 101 refresher course, eh?
Or just CLAM up about his find .
The article doesn’t mention anything about how it tasted?
scientists are good at this, one of them cut down the oldest bristlecone pine a number of years ago, estimated to be the oldest living thing on earth, instead of taking a core sample instead. no big deal , that just made the one next door the oldest living thing.
it had done its duty as a carbon sink.
I wonder how many rings David Suzuki has…..
I hope Al’s girlfriend appreciates the 10″ pearl that she’s getting for Christmas.
His last name speaks volumes.
Saskboy, that’s a good one, made me laugh.
But I would expect some ranting on your part about white imperialist, species-ist, hegemonic all-about-the-oil murderers. They could be oil company scientists for all we know or on the take from Haliburton.
But maybe there is hope.
“Ee’s just resting, Isn’t ee!”
Was it bearded?
“Har Billy…the only thing better n’ dead buttered clams is dead reckonin’ har”
Captain Highliner seafood “expert”.
Meh …. records were made to be broken .
…can you say “Ooops!”
…no no NO! I said the open the Clamato in the fridge!
Apparently it goes well with a tomato sauce.
http://tinyurl.com/2vmyhw
Eskimo, ROTFLMAO!
A National Review reader (not I) weighs in:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDEzNDVhYWUxZGQ4MTNhMDM5NzE1NjNkMDgwZDJhMDA=
Greetings from the C Concourse at O’Hare. Firstly, Kate you may want to block the IP’s eminating from Chicago Airport (I may be there frequently over the next little while).
I’m glad to see you all still fighting the good fight against the Muslims, homosexuals and leftists.
Here’s my other question: how does everyone feel about Pam “Atlas” hanging around neo-Nazi’s in Europe, and Charles Johnson’s condemnation?
Anyways, I’ll provide periodic updates as business travel does take me around. Enjoy defending western civilization from your desktop.
It must be difficult being the only people brave enough to speak your minds on the internet, but soldier on, soldier on…
Doesn’t Gaia worship trump science as religion these days?
The moonbat elite posits: “I’m glad to see you all still fighting the good fight against the Muslims, homosexuals and leftists.”
>>Well, “we” are not actually “fighting” these errant ideologies/cultures at this stage…merely exposing the hypocrisy of their ideals/politics and the corruption of their regimes…bringing these orthodoxy’s dogma into question and discussion in the market place of ideas and debate…IF we were to actually “fight” them, I’m sure the right would prevail because the degenerate left are too weak to use defensive weapons or take responsibility for their personal self defense…but perhaps another day when these errant ideological cults become too belligerent and intolerant of counter argument and dissent and attempt to suppress free speech…then we may have the “fight” them. But for now it’s more fun to EXPOSE and RIDICULE irrational ideologies.
the stilted leftard continues it’s anonymous sniping with this little spoor dropping of hubris:
“”It must be difficult being the only people brave enough to speak your minds on the internet, but soldier on, soldier on…””
>> pretense like this begs the counter question : it must be difficult for sanctimonious self-righteous leftards to accept differing opinion…to accept that perhaps their narrow world view is not the only optics available…and Gaia-forbid, that dissenting opinion may actually expose flaws in the leftard othoxies….so in response they must sneak around the cyber-verse and post snide condemning anonymous ad hominem messaging….which pretty much tells us all we need to know about lib-left personality make-up…….
LIBERALISM IS A PERSONALITY DISORDER TARTED UP AS MORAL ELITISM
SOCIALISM IS GREED AND CRIMINALITY DISGUISED AS MORALITY.
And i suppose that will have the evolutionists cracked urns saying this is proof that all life imuerged from the ocean as some goofy looking creature i mean its enough they put those stupid legs on those fishies AND NOW SOME BUNCH KILL SOME LITTLE CRITTER and wait PETA will be objecting to this knowing what a bunch of wackos they are
and the navel-gazing love in continues
“the evolutionists cracked urns saying this is proof that all life imuerged from the ocean as some goofy looking creature”
Well that theory certain could explain bipedal mollusks like Al Gore and Jack Layton.
so how old is the earth?
older than dirt.
so how old is dirt?….