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The largest animal currently alive is the blue whale. The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes (209 US tons) for a specimen measuring 27.6 metres (91 ft), whereas longer ones, up to 33 metres (108 ft), have been recorded but not weighed. [1] [2] [3] It is estimated that this individual could have a mass of 250 tonnes or more.
It is widely held to be the world's most massive single organism. This article lists the largest organisms for various types of life and mostly considers extant species, [a] which found on Earth can be determined according to various aspects of an organism's size, such as: mass, volume, area, length, height, or even genome size.
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Fun fact: blue whales are 16 times bigger than a human. The post 50 Animals So Giant It’s Hard To Believe They’re Real (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.
The largest New World monkey is the southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides), up to 15 kg (33 lb) and 1.6 m (5.2 ft) in total length. [106] The largest lemur is the indri (Indri indri) which can weigh up to 12 kg (26 lb) and 90 cm (3.0 ft) in total length, though one fossil lemur, Archaeoindris, was gorilla-sized at 200 kg (440 lb). [107] [108]
Humpbacks are among the largest animals in the world and can weigh up to 40 tons and reach lengths of about 60 feet, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries.
The giraffe is a large ruminant native to sub-Saharan Africa. [30] It is the tallest terrestrial animal and has an extremely long neck and legs. The neck can grow up to 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in). [31] Male and female giraffes both have horn-like structures called ossicones, which in males can reach 13.5 cm (5.3 in). [32]
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