A new study argues that Perucetus, an ancient whale species, was certainly big, but not as big as today’s blue whales.
  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    9 months ago

    It’s pretty amazing that as huge and awesome as creatures in the past were, probably the biggest living thing ever is alive right now.

    • tal
      8·
      9 months ago

      biggest living thing

      Animal.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms

      When considering singular entities, the largest organisms are clonal colonies which can spread over large areas. Pando, a clonal colony of the quaking aspen tree, is widely considered to be the largest such organism by mass.[1]

      • tb_@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        probably the biggest living thing ever is alive right now.

        So they’re technically correct.

        Just not in the way they meant to be.