quahog

And the ocean quahog, a type of clam that can live more than 500 years, making it the longest living animal, is predicted to struggle.

There was a peak in the harvest of quahogs in the 1950s before the dredging of the clams was banned.

Then he stumbled upon something that stunned him: a seemingly centuries-old quahog clam.

Still others, such as my beloved quahogs, have evolved ways to keep muscles strong and hearts beating for centuries.

They occupied a land of plenty, hunting deer, elk and bear in the forests, fishing for herring and trout, and harvesting quahogs — clams — in the rivers and bays.