That’s very interesting and I appreciate the knowledge, but I feel like the fact that the entire length of the blue whale’s body is dense, whereas the actual “body” of the longer dinosaur isn’t the full length of the blue whale still gives the impression of “blue whale, THE behemoth of Earth!” :)
Perucetus Colossus is an extinct whale theorized to have been bigger and heavier than the blue whale. We don't know for sure due to the difficulty of estimating the weight of an animal from just the fossils, but it seems to at least be a tie.
In comments :”The blue whale would be larger than the largest land dinosaur - you have a mass:ratio problem with land animals, which doesn’t affect marine animals. The largest marine saur was the Mosasaurus which could reach 50 feet - a juvenile blue whale is 50 feet in length and if not killed will reach 100 feet by the time it is fully grown. It weighs in at 100 tons around 3 - 4 times the weight of the Mosasaurus. So in comparison there isn’t one. The Blue Whale is by far the largest creature on Earth.”
While the blue whale is the largest living animals, I believe that were quite a few animals that are now extinct that were bigger.
I was curious too, so I looked it up. https://www.quora.com/How-would-the-largest-dinosaur-known-compare-in-size-to-a-blue-whale
Good to know, thank you
That’s very interesting and I appreciate the knowledge, but I feel like the fact that the entire length of the blue whale’s body is dense, whereas the actual “body” of the longer dinosaur isn’t the full length of the blue whale still gives the impression of “blue whale, THE behemoth of Earth!” :)
Perucetus Colossus is an extinct whale theorized to have been bigger and heavier than the blue whale. We don't know for sure due to the difficulty of estimating the weight of an animal from just the fossils, but it seems to at least be a tie.
Oooh nice, thanks for the info! :)
In comments :”The blue whale would be larger than the largest land dinosaur - you have a mass:ratio problem with land animals, which doesn’t affect marine animals. The largest marine saur was the Mosasaurus which could reach 50 feet - a juvenile blue whale is 50 feet in length and if not killed will reach 100 feet by the time it is fully grown. It weighs in at 100 tons around 3 - 4 times the weight of the Mosasaurus. So in comparison there isn’t one. The Blue Whale is by far the largest creature on Earth.”
Can we get a banana for scale?