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Is there an upper limit to lifespan? Lessons from Telomeres, Tortoises and Mollusks.

Ming, the mollusk, was estimated by by a team of researchers to be 507 years ago, making it the oldest living animal recorded. Ming is a quahog or clam.  You can tell the age of the clam by counting the rings in its shell. Aging a quahog is essentially the same as aging a tree. …

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