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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-coral-can-live-for-over-4000-years-leiopathes-annosa/


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A recent ITM show mentioned/showed old corals in Fiordland, apparently the oldest living organism in the world... and also mentioned in a discovery program a while back.
I think the Fiordland from memory was quite a bit older than the stuff above (???)
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