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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.
Perucetus colossus could have been the heaviest animal to ever live, weighing more than a blue whale.
Fossils of a massive ancient whale, known as Perucetus colossus, has been excavated in the Ica Province, southern Peru, allowing scientists to determine its length and weight.
Found in a Peruvian desert, just the skeleton of the ‘Perucetus colossus’ weighed more than seven tons, triple that of the blue whale
The modern blue whale has long been considered the largest and heaviest animal ever, beating out all the giant dinosaurs of the distant past.