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17. This is an awful story.

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 05:09 PM

Nov 2013

Poor little fucker is living for an Elf's age and some asshole comes along and kills him for no reason. I'll bet they didn't even eat him.

Bastards.

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Ming the clam, world's oldest animal, was actually 507 years old [View all] FarCenter Nov 2013 OP

RIP, Ming cali Nov 2013 #1

That's exactly what they did. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2013 #3

you're bad cali Nov 2013 #4

Aww, shucks. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #5

Another DUzy! pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #10

DUzy! pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #7

Lololol B2G Nov 2013 #15

RIP Ming. uppityperson Nov 2013 #2

The worlds largest tortoise just found in the Amazon is older - 529 years Brother Buzz Nov 2013 #6

k+r ...nt TeeYiYi Nov 2013 #11

So, how did he taste? immoderate Nov 2013 #8

A bit tough, but not bad in the chowder. Liberal Veteran Nov 2013 #12

Prometheus redux Xithras Nov 2013 #9

Ming has gone to the big casino in the sky pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #13

Humans suck. We couldn't just leave the clam alone? MadrasT Nov 2013 #14

Wtf? RedCappedBandit Nov 2013 #16

This is an awful story. PeteSelman Nov 2013 #17

Sister Elizabeth Barton and Ming the Clam born the same year. nt One_Life_To_Give Nov 2013 #18

Fucking researchers...come on, if they thought it was very, very old... joeybee12 Nov 2013 #19

Yeah! They could ask it to remember stuff from before they were born... immoderate Nov 2013 #20