Baleen whales are among the biggest creatures on Earth—science is revealing new secrets about their size
People often think of all whales as giants of the sea when in fact they vary in size dramatically, from the 30-meter blue ...
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Peruvian fossil challenges blue whales for size
It's an ancient, long-extinct whale that would have tipped the scales at close to 200 tonnes. Only some of the very biggest blue whale specimens ... but their size and shape meant it took three ...
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How did whales get so big
Take the biggest of the bunch the blue whale. It weighs more than a Boeing 757. Has a belly button the size of a plate. And its network of blood vessels, if you laid them out in a line ...
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Blue whale
The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...
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The blue whale: a three-year labour of love
Join Museum scientists as they reflect on becoming part of this specimen's giant story. Since its arrival at the Museum in the 1880s, the blue whale skeleton has been part of an ever-expanding ...