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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.
Since then, I've learned how much they might teach us about aging well. I say this because clams can live a very, very long time. The clam species most often used in either type of clam chowder, for instance, can live more than a century. Up to 106 years, to be precise. But that's a whipper-snapper compared with other species. How do we know?