dhcmrlchtdj__@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoResearchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Everwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoIt’s pretty amazing that as huge and awesome as creatures in the past were, probably the biggest living thing ever is alive right now.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 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]
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.
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]