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Scientists Find Oldest Living Animal, Then Kill It

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shardian:
Pixar should make a movie about clams. It'll be GOLD, Jerry!

boykster:
I'm betting that global warming is caused by Chad's ever increasing post count!  That's a LOT of hot air  ;D

ChadTower:

I'm just trying to keep the forum from flying off into the sky.  The weight of my post count is what is keeping it down.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on October 31, 2007, 12:11:16 pm ---Can you imagine being 400 years old and have a 20-60 year old kill you, just so a couple of other pre70 years old can give him a Nobel Peace Prize.

To us the clam’s life looks as meaningful as a tree’s life.  To him our life looks as meaningful as an ant’s.


--- End quote ---

Did Al Gore kill this clam?

shmokes:
It's pretty interesting.  I wish they could figure out and cure (preferably within the next couple years) aging.  There's no good reason for it.  It's not like we have all our cells when we're eighteen years old and then we start wearing out like any other product.  Our cells simply, and arbitrarily, decide to reproduce at a slower rate.  There's no reason why they must behave this way.  They just do.  Trees don't behave this way.  Tree cells just keep reproducing indefinitely.  A tree can live to 1000 years old, so long as it isn't killed by wind or disease or lack of nutrients.  I'm not asking for immortality, but I'd just like my body to stop voluntarily killing itself.    :hissy:

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