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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.
Scientists discover world's oldest clam, killing it in the process A team of researchers has reported that Ming the Mollusk, the oldest clam ever found, was in fact 507 years old, 102 years older than the previous estimate of its age.