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405 Year Old Clam Found -- Longest Lived Animal

"A clam dredged alive from the bottom of the north Atlantic has been identified as the longest-lived animal ever known. ...Marine biologists from the Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences found the clam from the species ocean quahog, ...while dredging the Atlantic seabed north of Iceland." - excerpt from this Times of India article.

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