# Oldest Living Organism Discovered

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-living-organism-discovered/612270>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 9, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-living-organism-discovered/612270 "2012-02-09T03:43:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-living-organism-discovered/612270/21 "2012-02-10T01:44:01Z")

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Here is an 80,000 year old 6,000,000 kg [aspen grove](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree))in Utah

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**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-living-organism-discovered/612270/22 "2012-02-10T21:29:43Z")

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Plants and fungi can be very elusive when it comes to defining what a single “organiswm” is.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-living-organism-discovered/612270/23 "2012-02-12T15:55:27Z")

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I read this as “Oldest living orgasm discovered.” It’s bedtime…

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