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Newly discovered ancient whale may have been heaviest animal ever

Scientists in Peru claim they've discovered 39-million-year-old fossils of the heaviest animal to ever live, an ancient whale they're calling P-Colossus. Each vertebra weighs more than 220 pounds and the ribs measure nearly 5 feet long. Researchers think the animal weighed 700,000 pounds when alive.
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