Ancient whale species 'may be heaviest animal that ever lived'
Blue whales have always been considered record breakers when it comes to the size department.
But new research shows that title might belong to an ancient whale species which swam in the oceans around 39 million years ago. Their findings, published in the journal Nature, suggest this extinct species had a body mass of up to 340 tonnes - three times heavier than the blue whale.Bones of the Perucetus colossus being sampled with core drills to assess their inner structure
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