Scientists in Bangor, Wales claim to have discovered a clam over 400 years old.This is not surprising, as I am positive I've been served clams that old in a restaurant in Eastbourne back in '92.
Sunday, 28 October 2007
Aged Clam
Scientists in Bangor, Wales claim to have discovered a clam over 400 years old.This is not surprising, as I am positive I've been served clams that old in a restaurant in Eastbourne back in '92.
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I wonder how one determines the age of a clam. Rings in the shell? Carbon dating the calcium carbonate? Parish records?
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