no, I think alot of you don't understand...people here including me don't believe that they should have killed the clam in the name of science. And ThaG makes it seem like that as well, saying shit like we wouldn't have known it was the oldest clam in the world if we (science/scientist) didn't kill it. It's a difference in priorities, some believe science trumps all cuz science helps humanity, and some believe that science sometimes hider humanity and the planet in it's quest for greater knowledge, whatever.