Largest and heaviest animals
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Largest and heaviest animals
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The largest animal currently alive is the blue whale. The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes for a specimen measuring 27.6 metres (91 ft), whereas longer ones, up to 33 metres (108 ft), have been recorded but not weighed. It is estimated that this individual could have a mass of 250 tonnes or more. The longest non-colonial animal is the lion's mane jellyfish. In 2023, paleontologists estimated that the extinct whale Perucetus, discovered in Peru, may have outweighed the blue whale, with a ma
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_and_heaviest_animals
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2012-01-24T05:36:07Z
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2024-09-09T13:30:22Z
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