"World's Oldest Animal Lived to 507
MING WAS KILLED WHEN SCIENTISTS CRACKED OPEN ITS SHELL
By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff
Posted Nov 15, 2013 1:07 AM CST | Updated Nov 15, 2013 7:43 AM CST
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(NEWSER) – The oldest animal ever known lived from 1499 until the day researchers cracked its shell open, killing it in the process. Ming, an ocean quahog from the species Arctica islandica, was initially thought to be a record-setting 402 years old. But the scientists who found it on a seabed near Iceland in 2006 now say further analysis has revealed that it was an incredible 507 years old, reports CBS. The researchers, who didn't realize how old Ming was when they first found it, opened the ancient clam up to judge its age by counting growth rings inside "...
