World's Oldest Clam (insert joke here)
Yep. It's 405 years old. Like I would even kid about such a thing.
This, straight from the national Geographic website:
A 220-year-old taken from American waters in 1982 holds the official Guinness Book of World Records oldest animal title. Unofficially, the record belongs to a 374-year-old Icelandic clam housed in a German museum.
The new clam is at least 30 years older, according to the Bangor University team. The animal died when the researchers counted its rings.
Well.. as long as it gave its life for SCIENCE!
"There's probably many others that are actually quite older—we just haven't found them yet," Wanamaker said.
"I think in my stomach if you start getting up around 600, then maybe that would be the maximum—but that's just pure speculation," he added.
Pure speculation? I guess that's what you'd end up with is you think with your stomach.
Anyway, this is the kind of priceless news that you just can't make up. Well, you could, but it wouldn't be this good.
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I hate humans.
I saw him with Pete Seeger in... 1981-ish. President Carter had started compulsory draft registration for all 18 year olds in 1980. Arlo said that he was really upset about that because it meant he would have to learn all the words to Alice's Restaurant again! (Sighs, gazes off into the distance stroking her beard)
A good time was had by all.