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There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today’s blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales.
A newly studied species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found. Scientists reported Wednesday that the creature could challenge the blue whale’s title as the heaviest animal to live on Earth. They've been digging up massive fossils from the creature in the Peruvian desert over the past decade. The bones include huge vertebrae from its backbone, ribs and a hip bone. Based on the pieces of the skeleton, scientists estimate that the animal could have weighed more than a blue whale, though it probably wasn't as long. It had dense and heavy bones that may have helped i...
There could be a new contender for the heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales.
NEW YORK (AP) — There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today’s blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils
LIMA (AFP) – Look out, blue whale – there’s a new contender for your heavyweight title. A newly discovered whale that lived nearly 40 million years ago could be the heaviest animal to have ever lived, based on a partial skeleton found in Peru, scientists said on Wednesday. The modern blue whale has long been […]