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Dragonlady
03/28/2009, 07:44 PM
"Deep-sea corals from about 400 meters off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands are much older than once believed and some may be the oldest living marine organisms known to man."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324091209.htm

HighlandReefer
03/29/2009, 06:02 AM
Thanks for the linky.

4000 + year old corals. Wow. ;)

Henryreef
03/29/2009, 04:08 PM
wow that is cool and so old!

KayHouse
03/29/2009, 04:31 PM
Very interesting. Nice link

RedClay
03/29/2009, 04:38 PM
Unbelievable! Truly living fossils. That's just unreal to think about

BlastoEric1589
03/29/2009, 07:36 PM
thats pretty cool, but you'd think that if evolution was true it would look alot cooler than that... lol

benmann71
03/29/2009, 09:50 PM
it looks to be doing better at 4,000 years old than i am at 19 years old.