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http://natmonitor.com/2013/11/16/scientists-kill-worlds-oldest-animal-accidentally/
Scientists KILL world’s oldest animal…accidentally
The researchers believe that clams as old or older may live in Icelandic waters given their excellent conditions for a long life.
National Monitor, Lance Tillson | November 16, 2013
Imagine discovering that you’ve killed the world’s oldest animal. Well, that’s exactly what happened recently to a group of researchers from Bangor University. Follow-up analysis after a 2006 research trip led by the School of Ocean Sciences assisted researchers in their efforts to identify the age of the clam more accurately. According to a statement from the university, the clam in question was dredged during an investigation of the Icelandic coastal waters for the purpose of examining climate changes over the last 1000 years.
The world’s oldest animal was alive until researchers accidentally cracked its shell and killed it. According to Bangor University, these clams have records of marine climate changes tucked away in their shells that are a crucial part of the researchers’ project.
Understandably so, researchers at the university aren’t happy with the idea that they deliberately killed the world’s oldest living animal. They point out that to conduct their research, live clam specimens, as well as dead shells, are collected. The number of live specimens and dead shells collected is limited to ensure that the collection effort doesn’t harm the clam population.
According to the researchers, the world’s oldest animal was collected along with many other clams, and it is absurd to think that their age can be determined prior to their shells being cracked open. They assure their critics that there was no indication of the animal’s age until after its shell had been cracked open. They note that the same species of clam is gathered commercially for daily eating.
The first analysis of the clam revealed it to be between 405 and 410 years. However, a second analysis of the ancient clam revealed that it is actually 507 years old.
The researchers believe that clams as old or older may live in Icelandic waters given their excellent conditions for a long life.
Eventually, researchers at Bangor University hope to find out why these clams are able to live for so many years. They suspect that the clams may have evolved excellent defenses against the aging processes that typically occur.
http://natmonitor.com/2013/11/16/scientists-kill-worlds-oldest-animal-accidentally/
Scientists KILL world’s oldest animal…accidentally
The researchers believe that clams as old or older may live in Icelandic waters given their excellent conditions for a long life.
National Monitor, Lance Tillson | November 16, 2013
Imagine discovering that you’ve killed the world’s oldest animal. Well, that’s exactly what happened recently to a group of researchers from Bangor University. Follow-up analysis after a 2006 research trip led by the School of Ocean Sciences assisted researchers in their efforts to identify the age of the clam more accurately. According to a statement from the university, the clam in question was dredged during an investigation of the Icelandic coastal waters for the purpose of examining climate changes over the last 1000 years.
The world’s oldest animal was alive until researchers accidentally cracked its shell and killed it. According to Bangor University, these clams have records of marine climate changes tucked away in their shells that are a crucial part of the researchers’ project.
Understandably so, researchers at the university aren’t happy with the idea that they deliberately killed the world’s oldest living animal. They point out that to conduct their research, live clam specimens, as well as dead shells, are collected. The number of live specimens and dead shells collected is limited to ensure that the collection effort doesn’t harm the clam population.
According to the researchers, the world’s oldest animal was collected along with many other clams, and it is absurd to think that their age can be determined prior to their shells being cracked open. They assure their critics that there was no indication of the animal’s age until after its shell had been cracked open. They note that the same species of clam is gathered commercially for daily eating.
The first analysis of the clam revealed it to be between 405 and 410 years. However, a second analysis of the ancient clam revealed that it is actually 507 years old.
The researchers believe that clams as old or older may live in Icelandic waters given their excellent conditions for a long life.
Eventually, researchers at Bangor University hope to find out why these clams are able to live for so many years. They suspect that the clams may have evolved excellent defenses against the aging processes that typically occur.
