The animal kingdom record holders
Maybe some of you have never know that whales, dolphins and porpoises are also the holders of the animal kingdom world records. A total of 81 different species of these amazing mammals are currently recognized by scientists, and new species are still being discovered until now.
Numbers of cetacean species have been split in recent years, for example, a common dolphin was officially separated into two distinct species, the long-beaked common dolphin and the short-beaked common dolphin. Today, I want to share a few examples of the world record that belongs to cetacean.
The largest and longest animal on earth
As well as the heaviest species, a female Blue whale (Balaenoptera Musculus) ever recorded weighing 209 tons, while a record for the longest species was also held by female Blue whale, measuring at 110 feet 2 inches (33.5 m).
The loudest sound emitted by living source
This world record is shared between Blue whale and Fin whale (Balaenoptera Physalus). When communicating between their own species, a low-frequency pulses made by them have been measured up to 188 decibels.
The longest and most complex songs by an animal
Ladies and gentlemen, and the record holder for this category is a male humpback whale (Megaptera Novaeangliae). Each song last for half an hour or more that consist of several main components.
The longest migration of an individual mammal
Humpback whales are the holder of the world record for this category, while the previous record holder was also by another whale species, the grey whales. A humpback whale doing their seasonal migration from its breeding grounds in the off coast of Colombia to their feeding place near the Antartic peninsula. The shortest distance between these two locations is 5,176 miles (8,334km).
The deepest and longest dive of all mammal
Recorded by scientist in 1991, the deepest known dive by a male sperm whale (Physeter Macrocephalus) was 6,560 feet (2,000 m) while diving off the coast of Dominica, in the Caribbean. Although never been recorded before, scientists are believe that the sperm whale can dive up to 10,000 feet deep into the ocean floor.
Meanhile, the longest dive by any mammal who also held by the sperm whale is recorded by scientist who working in the southwest Caribbean where they listened to five sperm whales clicking (communicating) underwater during a dive that lasting at an astonishing 2 hours 18 minutes.
Source: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:53 am
i wonder if i can do the same with mine here…
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December 10th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
above it states thet the blue whale is longest animal on earth, where as a lion mane jelly fish has been recorded at 120 feet long and the siphonophore, a kind of deep sea jellyfish was recorded at just under 164 feet.