Researchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Ever
Researchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Ever
A new study argues that Perucetus, an ancient whale species, was certainly big, but not as big as today’s blue whales.
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“‘The data is clear. And that data is telling us the heaviest animal to ever walk this earth still remains yo momma.”
44 0 ReplyOh yeah? Well yo momma so fat she got smaller fat people orbiting around her.
(Wait, are we doing snaps?)
4 0 ReplyYo momma so fat, when walmart wants to lower prices they have her sit on the roof.
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Ah, that reminds me about this Day9 classic about Graham's Number.
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Edit: Damnit somebody already beat me to the yo momma joke.
13 0 ReplyI'll still laugh if you tell it to me. Go ahead.
4 0 ReplyThe reason the scientists were studying ancient whales in the first place is because the scientist couldn’t get your mom off his mind.
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There’s another one in there about a being an ancient whale and you let that slip too.
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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.
10 0 Replybiggest 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]
8 0 Replyprobably the biggest living thing ever is alive right now.
So they're technically correct.
Just not in the way they meant to be.
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