The Sad Story of Ming !

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Meet Ming. Ming the clam:

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Unfortunately Ming is no longer with us. He is dead. To be more precise, he was killed.

But what made Ming so special?

It all started in 2006 when Ming was dredged off the northern coast of Iceland in 2006.

Sometime in 2007, researchers announced that the clam was 405 years old making it one of the oldest living animals we had ever discovered. Unfortunately the whole opening process of the shell to measure his age killed poor Ming.

The irony? The dating process that killed our little friend was both unnecessary and erroneous!

Later in 2013 researchers used a different method that relied only on the patterns of the outer shell and determined the actual age of the clam to be 507 years of age and the time it was caught.

This officially made Ming the oldest individual (non-clonal) animal ever discovered.

In other words, we could have the answer without killing Ming. Other researchers have also confirmed that the second method used to determine Ming's age was more accurate.

What a sad and meaningless way to go 😑 Who knows, if it wasn't for human stupidity curiosity Ming could have still been with us.

RIP

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That's so sad, I wonder how long it could've lived if it didn't get killed :(
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When humans intervene with nature...ugh 😥
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WTF... "Uh, maybe the oldest living being alive! Let's whack its shell to make sure!"

🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

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Poor clam indeed. That's why we must pray for the conversion of all sinners everyday so we would become better people e.g. better caretakers of nature. 🙏

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An other example of human stupidity, these scientists have been so imbecils

Could have been studied how it survived that much, and I wonder how long it would have last

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It's sad that the "oldest" living animal was killed, but Ming was the oldest we had found. I think there's a good chance that there's an older clam out there and maybe it's better if we didn't find it 😅 !BBH

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RIP to the clam. I guess they have to measure the age somehow, and technology wasn't at the stage yet.

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We go again. Mr Trumpman with one of his favorites. I understand with you since it was not caught for meat purpose its a tragic experience. That's always the roughness of science, learning through mistake and something( sometimes someone) has to be the victim.

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That's a sad and unnecessary end to such an old creature... If he was that old I would bet he has some buddies down there that are much, much older. Cold water creatures seem to live a lot longer than those in the warm water. It puts the Greenland Shark to shame only living 400 years on average!
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(In other words, we could have the answer without killing Ming) Exactly human stupidity , is that sometimes in its eagerness it does NOT do things correctly, but when it is too late, complaints and remorse arrive, well in some people the word remorse does NOT apply, we human beings are barbarians.

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The story of Ming the clam is indeed a poignant reminder of the delicate balance between scientific exploration and conservation.

This incident underscores the importance of balancing our quest for knowledge with the responsibility to preserve the very subjects we study.

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