Scientists discover oldest living animal....and promptly kill it

[Dew k. Mosi]

Ohhhh... ok, I thought this was some new slang you young people use

 

[Carcharodon]

1. It's an otherwise normal clam, who cares if you kill it? It's not like it was a dog or a horse that they killed before its time, or some rare species. It's just an exceedingly old normal clam.
2. They dredged it up, it wouldn't have lived much longer anyway.
3. They had to kill it to get any real information out of it.

 

[Jplaya2023]

where's PETA

where's the media outrage?

 

[Carcharodon]

where's PETA

where's the media outrage?

It's....it's a clam.

 

[Jplaya2023]

It's....it's a clam.

so the clam was not a living thing within the universe that was harmless and just wanted to live?

did the clam want to be killed?

now do we have age limits on people.

Are we going to kill those glorious people who made the commercials being 100+ years old?

 

[Carcharodon]

so the clam was not a living thing within the universe that was harmless and just wanted to live?

did the clam want to be killed?

now do we have age limits on people.

Are we going to kill those glorious people who made the commercials being 100+ years old?

PETA cares more about fluffy baby seals and KFC chickens. I don't think they care much about invertebrates, to be perfectly honest.

 

[Jplaya2023]

PETA cares more about fluffy baby seals and KFC chickens. I don't think they care much about invertebrates, to be perfectly honest.

Regardless PETA cares for all animals I should of heard backlash from them regarding this

 

[Carcharodon]

Regardless PETA cares for all animals I should of heard backlash from them regarding this

PETA is inherently hypocritical and hurts their own cause by acting outright psychotic.

Seriously, I don't think they're going to say a damn thing about a 405 year-old clam. You keep waiting for that backlash.

 

[Jplaya2023]

PETA is inherently hypocritical and hurts their own cause by acting outright psychotic.

atleast you see it

 

[Leto Atrides]

so the clam was not a living thing within the universe that was harmless and just wanted to live?

did the clam want to be killed?

now do we have age limits on people.

Are we going to kill those glorious people who made the commercials being 100+ years old?

It's a clam, it doesn't feel anything. It's like getting mad at cracking open a rock to study it's composition

 

[Jplaya2023]

It's a clam, it doesn't feel anything.

link????????

 

[Leto Atrides]

link????????

Do you really want me to find a scientific reference proving clams aren't sentient?

 

[Jplaya2023]

Do you really want me to find a scientific reference proving clams aren't sentient?

yes

you claim it, you prove it

link plz

Also provide a link stating where clams should be killed because their over 400 years old

 

[CBG]

I've heard about this. . . I find it strangely odd that after finding the world's oldest living lifeform, scientists decide to end its life.

yes

you claim it, you prove it

link plz

Actually, burden of proof falls upon the person making the positive claim. So someone has to prove that clams are sentient, not the other way around.

 

[Star]

omg WHAT ABOUT THE CLAM RIGHTS!!!!!!

respect the clam elders!

ahahah

 

[bullets]

it was 405 years old, but what the hell kind of life did it live? 405 years of boredom. Sitting around, eating, pooping... hmm, if it had access to a computer, it would have been my life.

thats basically my life ..wish i could do it that long . but the thing seriously lived 405 years without comprehending anything.

 

[Argyle of Sock]

^What ever happend to the saying "happy as a clam"?

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

Do you think it tasted weird if they ate it? Like in clam chowder? Would meat that old have a funny flavor?

 

[X-Chick]

yes

you claim it, you prove it

link plz

Also provide a link stating where clams should be killed because their over 400 years old

Are you just being stupid for the fun of it?

Besides, they didn't kill it because it was 400+ years old. They didn't know it's age until it was too late. If you're so bent on preserving sea life, go boycott Red Lobster or something.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

clams are ugly and they are slimy and I say kill 'em, only cute aminals should live.

In summation.

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[JackMercy]

Was this clam immortal?

The producers of the Highlander franchise will probably rip off...sorry..."adapt" this story for the next movie...


Highlander: The Immortal Clam


Hey, it couldn't be worse than The Source, could it...?

 

[Spider-Kid]

Maybe papa's right. The animal should've deseverved to die.

 

[sinewave]

so the clam was not a living thing within the universe that was harmless and just wanted to live?

did the clam want to be killed?

now do we have age limits on people.

Are we going to kill those glorious people who made the commercials being 100+ years old?

yes

you claim it, you prove it

link plz

Also provide a link stating where clams should be killed because their over 400 years old

i'm appalled at your stupidity.

 

[StorminNorman]

Why not just keep it around until it dies naturally?

Apparently you didn't read the story.

The researchers had no idea how old (and thus how special) the clam was until after it was dead.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

I can't help but feel sad.It's the 21st century,and we still have to kill animals in order to learn about it.People would think there was a better way of doing this.I hope there are older animals out there,and humans don't find them.