340-tonne whale probably heaviest animal in history
Daily Star|August 03, 2023
FOSSIL hunters say a huge whale that lived 39million years ago could be the heaviest creature ever
NILIMA MARSHALL
340-tonne whale probably heaviest animal in history

The mega-mammal was up to 340 tonnes – three times more than the blue whale in London’s Natural History Museum.

Dr Eli Amson of the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany, said: “P. colossus might be the heaviest animal known.

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