Scientists Find Oldest Living Animal, Then Kill It

[Rhino]

Scientists Find Oldest Living Animal, Then Kill It

British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal — that is, until they killed it....

...Only after researchers cut through its shell, which made it more of an ex-clam, and counted its growth rings did they realize how old it had been — between 405 and 410 years old....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,306076,00.html

[EveningStar]

Great title! :rotflmbo:

[DesertFox]

Reminds of that old recruiting saw:

Join Special Forces! Go to distant, exotic places, meet strange and interesting new people, and kill them!

[Rhino]

Reminded me of that too.

[buckeyepete]

I read that title and promptly went to to the party store and bought a case of MILLER. Came back, and half way through the case I found out that the Massachusets whale is still alive.

Welp, mussent let the soda's get cold.

[EveningStar]

Reminded me of that too.
Me too.

[Franko]

oops.

"The operation was a complete success, but the patient is dead"

[EveningStar]

After I saw this article here, I posted it elsewhere. At one of those places, someone objected to the title. Check out the exchange: :biggrin:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1918423/replies?c=22