00:00 If you were asked to close your eyes and picture the largest creature to ever roam the Earth,
00:07 something like this might come to mind.
00:09 However, recently scientists in Peru unearthed the fossils of an ancient whale.
00:13 They say it could have been the biggest thing to ever live on this planet.
00:16 This is a 3D rendering of that creature, called Perusidus Colossus.
00:20 It swam around our planet's waters 38 to 40 million years ago, during a period known as
00:25 the Eocene Epoch.
00:26 They say it grew to lengths of around 66 feet and weighed as much as 750,000 pounds.
00:32 For comparison, the Argentinosaurus, which paleontologists say was the largest dinosaur
00:36 to ever live, was only estimated to have weighed 168,000 pounds.
00:41 Meanwhile, the blue whale, the largest living creature today, can measure up to 100 feet
00:45 long, but tops out at around 300,000 pounds.
00:48 And the fossils of Perusidus, which were discovered in what is now a desert, are absolutely gargantuan.
00:54 So far they've only unearthed 13 vertebrae, 4 ribs and a hip bone, but the size of them
00:58 is truly remarkable.
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