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Ming (c. 1498 or 1499–2006), also known as Hafrún, was an ocean quahog clam (Arctica islandica, family Arcticidae) that was dredged off the coast of Iceland in 2006 and whose age was calculated by counting annual growth lines in the shell. Ming was the oldest individual (non-clonal) animal ever discovered whose age could be precisely determined.
The largest RI quahog: Boy digs up biggest one ever found, then gives it away. The clam, nicknamed Little Rhody, came in at 5.75 inches across and weighed 2 pounds, 7.75 ounces. ... Ming, found ...
This species is also known by a number of different common names, including Icelandic cyprine, [1] mahogany clam, mahogany quahog, black quahog, and black clam. [ 2 ] The typical A. islandia resembles the quahog , but the shell of the ocean quahog is rounder, the periostracum is usually black, and on the interior of the shell, the pallial line ...
Quahogs have a long history in the state. The shells of the large, hard-shelled clam were used by the indigenous Narragansett people as wampum. In Rhode Island, a hunt is on for the reason for ...
Ashley Zhao was a five-year-old girl who was discovered dead in her family's restaurant in Jackson Township, Stark County, Ohio, U.S., on January 10, 2017.Her death sparked an investigation led by the local police department in cooperation with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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There was a Hui Muslim community in Yangzhou during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties with historic mosques like Crane Mosque and the tomb of Sayyid Puhaddin. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Accounts of atrocities like the Yangzhou massacre during the transition from the Ming to Qing were used by revolutionaries in the anti-Qing Xinhai revolution to fuel ...
A 19-year-old college student who went missing from Pasadena, Texas, on Feb. 8 has been found slain in Houston.. The Pasadena Police Department is actively investigating the death of Payas Deo ...