The heaviest animal ever discovered may be this ancient whale found in the Peruvian desert
There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live.
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There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live.
The giant bones were discovered more than a decade ago in southern Peru.
A newly studied species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found.
In this corner, weighing up to 190 metric tons, is the blue whale. This behemoth still swimming in Earth's oceans is the current titleholder for the heaviest animal to ever exist - living or dead. And in this corner is the contender, a massive marine mammal that went extinct millions of years ago. Fossils of this ancient leviathan's bones recently dug up from the deserts of Peru suggest it may have weighed up to 340 metric tons, challenging the blue whale's status as the most massive ever in the
LIMA: Look out, blue whale. There's a new contender for your heavyweight title.