Ooops

[Hans Tucker]

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/scientists-killed-worlds-oldest-living-creature-20131115-2xkpr.html

[h0ughy]

thats almost as bad as japanese whaling for reserch purposes. Hang on stand still while i cut you in half and count the rings......

[astroron]

In the 19th and 20th centuries it was common to kill the last of a species,just to say you had the last of the line:screwy:
Cheers

[Camelopardalis]

Only if it's the last of its species :lol: which isn't mentioned in the article. It could be a teenager for all we know and they could live for 1000 years...but we'd need to dredge more specimens to find out :D

[el_draco]

The article is also hopelessly inaccurate. There are trees all over the place much older than 500 years and Tassie has a Huon Pine 10,000 years old; I believe the oldest living organism on the planet, though I am happy to stand corrected. Pity to lose a 500 year old clam but I reckon there are more out there.

[TrevorW]

Wonder what it taste like :)

[sn1987a]

500 year old clam Ming..in