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Balaenoptera musculus
The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived. The weight of an individual 30 metres (98 ft) long is believed by the American National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) to be in excess of 180 metric tons (200 short tons)
Picture taken in pacific ocean, near Valdivia, city in the southern of Chile
Spotted on May 5, 2011
Submitted on Jul 5, 2012
2 Comments
Wow!
Great capture!