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British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal — that is, until they killed it.

The team from Bangor University in Wales was dredging the waters north of Iceland as part of routine research when the unfortunate specimen, belonging to the clam species Arctica islandica, commonly known as the ocean quahog, was hauled up from waters 250 feet deep.

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.

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so I ask you what has your precious "science" done for you lately?

so I ask you what has your precious "science" done for you lately?If anatomy counts as science, then not obeying it has gotten me snuggled =D

That does it!

It’s back to the divinations through chicken intestines for me.

what has your precious "science" done for you lately?
It's taught me that certain species of clam living in Icelandic waters can live to at least 400 years of age, something that I hadn't known until today. :)

so I ask you what has your precious "science" done for you lately?

It allowed me to read that fine post you made :)

steam that puppy, draw the butter and savor eating old clam.

Where was greenpeace the united liberation of really old clam savers?

hahahaha :D It made me laugh today!!! And to forward copies of the article to like-minded, sarcastic, and generally easily humored people!

That does it!

It’s back to the divinations through chicken intestines for me.

LOL

SEA-CREATURE KILLING - FOR SCIENCE!

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so I ask you what has your precious "science" done for you lately?

It's allowed me to have a computer, have milk in my cereal, have an automobile, plus many many more things

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so I ask you what has your precious "science" done for you lately?

It's provided the means to make and utilize the computer and internet on which we play.

It's kept me and mine (and yours, whether you acknowledge it or not) alive through vaccinations, antibiotics and asepsis.

Science is pretty much the basis of our civilization.

But them, I could be biased, I come from a family of scientists.

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But them, I could be biased, I come from a family of scientists.

BLASPHEMERS

j/k lol

It has tried to convince me that eating healthy will make you live longer.

Hey, you owe mathematics more for that! Credit where credit's due and all.
Nah, its about equal... unless you consider that most modern science wouldn't be possible without advanced mathematics

It's provided the means to make and utilize the computer and internet on which we play.
Hey, you owe mathematics more for that! Credit where credit's due and all.

Hey, you owe mathematics more for that! Credit where credit's due and all.

It's all witchcraft and devilry.

That does it!

It’s back to the divinations through chicken intestines for me.

that never works. you need to do this thing with really old clams...

that never works. you need to do this thing with really old clams...

lol

but if we didn't have any science how could we be sure that they were really old clams, we could never be certain of the accuracy of our divinations...
what a horrible catch-22

British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal — that is, until they killed it.

The team from Bangor University in Wales was dredging the waters north of Iceland as part of routine research when the unfortunate specimen, belonging to the clam species Arctica islandica, commonly known as the ocean quahog, was hauled up from waters 250 feet deep.

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.

The Norse clam will get its own back when the Norwegians go hunting Wales!

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

Nothing!

It's provided the means to make and utilize the computer and internet on which we play.

It's kept me and mine (and yours, whether you acknowledge it or not) alive through vaccinations, antibiotics and asepsis.

Science is pretty much the basis of our civilization.

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

Somewhere on the bottom of the sea, the new oldest animal on earth quakes in it's shell...

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so I ask you what has your precious "science" done for you lately?

Without sciene, you wouldn't be able to tell us this.

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so I ask you what has your precious "science" done for you lately?

Seriously, this is the worst kind of ad-hominem, straw man argument i've ever heard of.

One a few hundred years? Psh, there's bacteria hundreds of times older than that.
Eukaryotes are such silly things.

Seriously, this is the worst kind of ad-hominem, straw man argument i've ever heard of.

It's called a reference.

Hey, you owe mathematics more for that! Credit where credit's due and all.

Since isn't mathematics science as well? Science isn't just about inventing material "stuff"....

It was obviously a sacrifice to Cthulhu.

See, that's all the Japanese wanna do, cut whales in half and count their growth rings. And think of all the benefits, we now know that sea life and trees are related. :)

There are probably some older ones still out there. Quahogs are awesome though.

so I ask you what has your precious "science" done for you lately?
Well, when I had a bug bite that got infected, I got some antibiotics for it, which made me all better.

Oh, also, I took the bus today.

Oh, and I had some produce today which wouldn't have been possible without greenhouses...

Oh, and I get paid to do science for a living...

Oh, and I'm on the internets right now.

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so I ask you what has your precious "science" done for you lately?
It has saved my life; well, granted that was years ago but nontheless it saved my life. Medical science developed life-saving treatment for type 1 diabetes, without that treatment I would have been dead. Do you think you would be more appreciative of science if you ended up with type 1 diabetes?

We can rebuild it.
We have the technology!

lol, killing the world oldest known animal...

I bet they felt kinda silly, no doubt.... :p

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

Don't forget their systematic approach to military structure, training and world conquest.