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The crazy thing is despite being 10 meters longer than a blue whale this puny landlubber is still 100 tonnes lighter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale

• dredmorbius 12y ago
  Sea creatures don't need to support their own weight. Though I'm anything but expert on the topic, my understanding is that many dinosaurs were surprisingly light-weight for their size, and masses of many dinosaurs have been revised downward. As ancestors of birds, whose own bodies are generally of very low mass, and incorporate interesting features (hollow bones and internal air sacs) this isn't entirely surprising.
• mcv 12y ago
  It is pretty amazing that despite all those ancient giants of unimaginable size, the largest animal ever exists right now.