The body of a 27-metre long, 150-tonne female Blue Whale was found in the Whanganui Inlet of New Zealand. Although most of the tail had been devoured and with shark bite marks over its body it was highly likely made after its death. It is rare to see an animal the size of a bus let alone the size of 3x buses.

Some interesting facts:

* Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth
(This fact is sometimes argued by dinosaur experts who estimated from a bone fragment that a sauropod dinosaur maybe have reached 250 metric tons in size!)
* Weigh up to 180 metric tons and grow 30m long
* Their tongues can weigh as much as an elephant and their hearts as much as a car

The washed up giant

The size of a Blue Whale in context

Source: stuff.co.nz

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