• Question: what size is a whales heart? ^_^

    Asked by SsaraHh to Lydia on 13 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Lydia Bach

      Lydia Bach answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      Morning SsaraHh,

      different whales have different sized hearts. The largest whale (and animal that has ever lived), the blue whale, has a heart that weighs 450 kg (that’s 1,000 pounds) and is 1.8 m wide!

      Here is a picture of a boy standing next to it:

      https://www.travelblog.org/Photos/6202965

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