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Ancient whale from Peru may be most massive animal ever on Earth | DT Next

Scientists described fossils of an early whale unearthed in Peru called Perucetus colossus that lived about 38-40 million years ago during the Eocene epoch – a creature built somewhat like a manatee that may have topped the mass of the blue whale, long considered the heftiest animal on record.The researchers estimated that Perucetus was about 66 feet (20 meters) long and weighed up to 340 metric tons, a mass that would exceed any other known animal including today’s blue whale and the largest dinosaurs. Its scientific name means “colossal Peruvian whale.”“The main feature of this animal is certainly the extreme weight, which suggests that evolution can generate organisms that have characteristics that go beyond our imagination,” said paleontologist Giovanni Bianucci

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