Scientists said the mollusc, an ocean quahog clam, was aged betweenThe weird part is that this clam was born at the same time the Dutch East India Company was founded in the Netherlands. That was the first multinational corporation that was also the first company to issue stock. Now this is also whopping figure. The Dutch East India Company paid
405 and 410 years and could offer insights into the secrets of longevity.
Researchers from Bangor University in north Wales said they
calculated its age by counting rings on its shell.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest-lived
animal
was a clam found in 1982 aged 220.
an 18% dividend for almost 200 years! This was also the first performance of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
2 comments:
Joe. What did they do with the clam after they studied it? Did they make clam soup or try to keep it alive? Dad.
I think they are keeping it alive to study it.
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