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Clam, 405, is oldest animal ever. It has been christened Ming and it's officially the oldest animal to have ever lived. A British scientific team discovered the 405-year-old clam, named after the Chinese dynasty and not the former Liberal Democrat leader, at the bottom of the ocean, and hope its longevity will reveal the secrets of ageing.
Herewith, six of the most famously long-lived individual animals: 1. Dynastic Clam. You may have heard of Ming, the deep-sea clam named after the Chinese dynasty during which it was born. When it died in 2006, it was believed to be the oldest living animal ever recorded. This ocean quahog, scientifically known as Arctica islandica, lived for 507 years and came to an inglorious end. In 2006, scientists accidentally killed the clam when they dredged it up off the coast of Iceland and froze it, along with many others, for transport back to the lab for climate change research.