Question
Question: Which is the largest land mammal?...
Which is the largest land mammal?
Solution
It is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whale suborder Mysticeti. It is the largest animal ever known to exist, reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 metres and a weight of 173 tonnes.
Complete answer:
As the largest land mammal ever to live at 25 feet in length, 17 feet tall and nearly weighing 18 tonnes; this replica dwarfs the T-Rex skeleton that was to take up its footprint but has moved into the lobby. However, a mighty shadow over the Indricotherium is still cast by the blue whale.
On land, under its own weight, an animal as big as a blue whale would almost certainly be crushed. Interestingly, blue whales are not predatory, although they are massive. They philtre feed for tiny krill and (other than through accidental collisions) are completely harmless to people.
Additional Information:
Until the end of the 19th century, the blue whale was once plentiful in almost all the oceans on Earth. It was hunted almost to the point of extinction by whaling until the International Whaling Commission banned all hunting of blue whales in 1967. The capture database of the International Whaling Commission reports that between 1868 and 1978, 382,595 blue whales were captured.
Note: Amazing Blue Whale Facts
-The Blue Whale is the largest mammal on earth to have ever existed.
-This giant of the ocean feeds on some of the smallest marine life, tiny shrimp like animals called krill, despite being so massive. 36,000 kg of krill a day can be eaten by a single adult blue whale.
-Incredibly, at over 8 km / h, blue whales are graceful swimmers swimming the ocean and can achieve speeds of over 30 km / h.
-By diving, they primarily capture their food, and dive to depths of about 500 m.
-Blue whales have few predators, but sharks and killer whales are known to fall victim to attacks, and many are injured or die from impacts with large ships each year.