It is bigger than the largest dinosaur. And it weighs roughly 25 times more than the largest living land animal, the elephant. In terms of size, the blue whale is unmatched. Even the fin whale, the second largest animal on the planet, weighs only about half as much.<\/p>\n
Such dimensions inevitably raise the question: what drove the blue whale to the path of gigantism? Thanks to multidisciplinary studies carried out at the crossroads of archaeology, physiology and ecology, researchers are just now beginning to understand the reasons for this evolution, pointing out not only the advantages, but also the risks of such a size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is bigger than the largest dinosaur. And it weighs roughly 25 times more than the largest living land animal, the elephant. In terms of size, the blue whale is unmatched. Even the fin whale, the second largest animal on the planet, weighs only about half as much. Such dimensions inevitably raise the question: what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":52344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[571,488,68,475,727],"class_list":["post-52384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whale-qa","tag-blue-whale","tag-endangered-species","tag-evolution-en","tag-feeding","tag-krill-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n