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The size of a blue whale: (Original Post) tblue37 Jun 2022 OP
Absolutely beautiful and awesome. Fla Dem Jun 2022 #1

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1. Absolutely beautiful and awesome.
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 04:32 PM
Jun 2022
11 Facts About Blue Whales, the Largest Animals Ever on Earth

The planet's largest animal is also incredibly loud, long-lived, and vulnerable.
By
Melissa Breyer
Updated November 9, 2021

Picture in your mind a 10-story-tall animal walking down the street and you probably start channeling images of Godzilla or King Kong. But if you imagine it as a marine mammal and place it on its side, swimming ... now you’ve got a blue whale.


Balaenoptera musculus, the blue whale, is the largest animal ever known to have lived on the planet, including all dinosaurs. Even at birth, it's larger than adults from most other animal species. The planet is covered with amazing, fascinating creatures, but the blue whale is in a league of its own. Consider the following.

The 11 facts.....

https://www.treehugger.com/facts-about-blue-whales-largest-animals-ever-known-earth-4858813


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