dhcmrlchtdj__@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoResearchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Everwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 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-up7·4 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]
minus-squaretb_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months ago probably the biggest living thing ever is alive right now. So they’re technically correct. Just not in the way they meant to be.
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]
So they’re technically correct.
Just not in the way they meant to be.