Lesson #616

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Ancient whale might be largest animal ever to live

Adult blue whale

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October 16, 2023:

Scientists in Peru discovered fossils of an enormous whale, which lived about 37 million years ago. Based on the size and density of the fossils, they estimate that the whale weighed between 93 and 340 tons. But the surprising thing is that an animal that big existed when it did, and it's challenging our understanding of how whales evolved.

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