失误！世界最老生物被科学家弄死了
<p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="inadvertently">inadvertently</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="oldest">oldest</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="creature">creature</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="enough">enough</span>.</p><p>一只被证明是世界上最古老的生物被科学家不小心弄死了，这似乎已经够糟糕的了。</p><p><span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="mistake">mistake</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="compounded">compounded</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="older">older</span> – <span word="at">at</span> 507 <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p>然而更糟糕的是，人们进一步研究发现，这只软体动物比人们想象的还要古老——它已经有507岁高龄。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="ocean">ocean</span> <span word="quahog">quahog</span> - <span word="a">a</span> <span word="type">type</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deep">deep</span>-<span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="clam">clam</span> - <span word="was">was</span> <span word="dredged">dredged</span> <span word="alive">alive</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bottom">bottom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Iceland">Iceland</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2006 <span word="by">by</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="freezer">freezer</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="normal">normal</span> <span word="practice">practice</span>, <span word="unaware">unaware</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="age">age</span>.</p><p>2006年，研究者们从冰岛附近的北大西洋海底将这只海蛤——一种生活在深海中的蛤蜊——活生生的捕捞上岸。他们并不知道它如此年迈，只是按照惯例将它放在冷冻箱里。</p>
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