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374 year old clam is world’s “oldest animal”

374-year-old clam

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According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest-lived animal was an Arctica clam found in 1982 aged 220.

Unofficially, another clam – found in an Icelandic museum – was discovered to be 374-years-old, Bangor University said, making their clam at least 31 years older.

I guess the little ones really know how to adapt to the changing ‘clam-ates’ and avoid any ‘clam-ities’!

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