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is it just me or is this article written like someone who did a few google searches for old organisms and then writes down their speculations in the form of wha
by hplust 9y ago
is it just me or is this article written like someone who did a few google searches for old organisms and then writes down their speculations in the form of what some would call an article?
tl;dr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)
"However, the oldest, precisely measured organism living on Earth today remains, for now, a Great Basin Bristlecone pine tree. Pando the quaking aspen and Antarctic glass sponges could be much older but their ages are assumed from indirect measurements and educated guesswork. "
- to3m 9y agoAs always, if your curiousity is piqued by one of these articles, you really might as well do exactly what the journalist did and go to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organis... (My favourite thing from the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomatia_tasmanica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomatia_tasmanica)
- ComodoHacker 9y agoTo me, it's just an indicator of what an amazing time we live in, when almost any kind of information is just a few Google searches away (no sarcasm). Also, I probably would never make these searches myself if this article wasn't written and appeared here. That said, I admit Antarctic glass sponges deserve mention in the article.