Ancient whale found in Peru, heaviest animal ever?

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 04, 2023 12:04 am

LIMA: Look out, blue whale. There's a new contender for your heavyweight title.

A newly discovered whale that lived nearly 40 million years ago could be the heaviest animal to have ever lived, based on a partial skeleton found in Peru, scientists said on Wednesday.

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