The 37-million-year-old fossil bones were so large, experts thought they were boulders. They may have come from the heaviest animal that ever lived.
“Bigger is always better,” he says. “There are distinct selective advantages to large body size. Life will go there if it can. There were only three animal groups that had masses greater than 10–20 metric tonnes: long-necked dinosaurs (sauropods); whales; and the giant ichthyosaurs of...
Nest building begins up to three months before the eggs are laid. Once a suitable site for the nest has been found, both the male and female help to build it, although the female generally gathers the materials. The nest is built towards the top of the tree using a mix of grass, twig...
Life began in the ocean(海洋). They are home to about two million species(物种), from the largest animal that has ever lived on the Earth to the smallest one. New species are found all the time, as scientists say that 91%of ocean species have yet to be found or described. ...
The blue whale is the largest animal to ever live on our planet. They are larger than even the biggest dinosaurs. They can grow to 33meters long and weigh about 181 metric tons.The animal can grow to about the size of a Boeing 737 airplane. You might wonder how much such a large ani...
The largest flying animal ever lived (by wingspan): Quetzalcoatlus reconstruction at JuraPark Bałtów, a dinosaur theme park with life-size models, an aquarium, stables, holiday cottages & fun-park rides in Bałtów, Poland. Quetzalcoatlusnorthropiwas an azhdarchid pterosaur known from the Lat...
Although we can only estimate the size of thelargest shark everbased on a few fossilized bones and teeth, it’s safe to say that the blue whale outsized it. However that’s not to take away from what a fearsome predator this ocean giant would have been when it was around some 20–3.6...
The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. It can reach 30 meters long and weigh as much as 181,000kilograms. The animal's heart alone weighs more than a fully grown cow. For the first time ever, scientists have recorded its heart rate.Stanford University ocean biologist ...
What are the largest great white sharks ever recorded? Just how big can these ocean giants really get? This question is one of the most hotly debated topics in marine science, and it’s surrounded by plenty of “big fish” stories and myths. Over the years, numerous claims of massive gre...
The blue whale is the largest animal to ever live on our planet.You might wonder how much such a large creature eats.Well,you are not alone. Scientists recently carried out a study to find out how much blue whales eat in a day.Their findings were not surprising.They found the whales ea...