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The blue whale is a species of baleen whale and the largest marine mammal in the rorqual family Balaenopteridae. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9–30.5 m and weighing up to 190–200 t, it is
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Aerial view of adult blue whale
A blue whale with its bow wave, showing the blowholes
A blue whale skull measuring 5.79 m (19.0 ft)
Largest and heaviest animals
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The largest extant animal, as well as the largest animal to ever exist, is the blue whale. The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes for a specimen measuring 27.6 metres, whereas longer ones, up to 3
Blue whale
…Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9–30.5 m (98–100 ft) and weighing up to 190–200 t (190–200 long tons; 210–220 short tons), it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The blue whale's long and slender body can be of various shades of greyish-blue on its upper surface and somewhat lighter underneath. Four subspecies…
Infographic showing the size of marine megafauna
Dimetrodon fossil
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