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•11 reviews since Oct 28, 2007
marine-biology, clams, clam
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lindenbranch rated 10 months ago- Ming the clam is 'oldest animal'. Apparently a 400 year old clam has been found and people are making noise discovering how to defy aging. I think the problem is that we already know how to defy aging, it's just none of us are willing to trade sentience in order to be a clam.
- wildamberhoney rated 10 months ago
Does anyone else find this a striking coincidence? The world's oldest animal, aged 412 years, shares its first name with former Liberal Democrat leader Ming Campbell, who is more ancient than my great-grandad's frying pan.
- erithbabalon rated 10 months ago
- A clam dredged up off the coast of Iceland is thought to have been the longest-lived animal discovered. Scientists said the mollusc, an ocean quahog clam, was aged between 405 and 410 years and could offer insights into the secrets of longevity.
- bhartzer rated 10 months ago
- Very cool, over 400 years and it probably hasn't even seen much during that time. ;) The ocean quahog, Arctica islandica, is a bivalve mollusk distributed in temperate and boreal waters on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. In the northeast Atlantic, quahogs occur from Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. Ocean quahogs in US waters are managed as a single stock (Figure 35.1) although trends in abundance, recruitment and mortality regionally. Ocean quahogs are found at depths from 8 to 400 m. Ocean quahogs further north occur closer to shore. The US stock resource is almost entirely within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ, 3-200 mi from shore), outside of state waters and at depths between 20 and 80 m. The notable exception is fishable concentrations in state waters off the coast of Maine. Ocean quahogs are rarely found where bottom water temperatures exceed 16o C. They burrow in a variety of substrates and are often associated with fine sand. Ocean quahogs are among the longest lived, slowest growing marine organisms in the world. Ocean quahogs off Southern New England, in the Mid-Atlantic Bight and on Georges Bank can live to at least 200 years. Ocean quahogs in the EEZ resource are relatively large and old, with most individuals 70-110 mm (2.8-4.3 in) shell length. Growth is slow after about age 20, which is also about the age at which many individuals become vulnerable to fishing. Growth is faster on Georges Bank and off Maine although ocean quahogs in Maine waters are seldom larger than 70 mm (2.8 in). Size and age at sexual maturity are variable and poorly known. Based on studies in Icelandic waters, 10%, 50% and 90% of female ocean quahogs were sexually mature at 40, 64 and 88 mm (1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 in) shell length or approximately 2, 19 and 61 years of age. Spawning occurs over a protracted interval from summer through autumn. Free-floating larvae may drift far from their spawning location because they develop slowly and are planktonic for more than 30 days before settling. Major recruitment events appear to be separated by periods of decades. Based on their growth, longevity and recruitment patterns, ocean quahogs are relatively unproductive and able to support only low levels of fishing (removals of a few percent per year). The current resource, which is still at a relatively high biomass level, consists of individuals that accumulated over many decades.
- mrneoluddite rated 10 months ago
- From the page: "The clam, nicknamed Ming after the Chinese dynasty in power when it was born, was in its infancy when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing plays such as Othello and Hamlet."
- Polenth rated 10 months ago
- A clam is found to be the oldest animal.
- barrelhead rated 10 months ago
- Wow - over 400 years old.
- locolapapa rated 10 months ago
- Now I'm curious, are they going to keep it alive or did they kill it already? xD
- aivzdog rated 10 months ago
- Ming the clam is 'oldest animal' A clam dredged up off the coast of Iceland is thought to have been the longest-lived creature discovered.
- tkelly rated 10 months ago
- The worlds longest lived creature is a clam! Hmmm.... gotta think about that one. Oh the stories it could tell!
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