dhcmrlchtdj__@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoResearchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Everwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down11
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minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months ago biggest living thing Animal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms When considering singular entities, the largest organisms are clonal colonies which can spread over large areas. Pando, a clonal colony of the quaking aspen tree, is widely considered to be the largest such organism by mass.[1]
minus-squaretb_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months ago probably the biggest living thing ever is alive right now. So they’re technically correct. Just not in the way they meant to be.
Animal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms
When considering singular entities, the largest organisms are clonal colonies which can spread over large areas. Pando, a clonal colony of the quaking aspen tree, is widely considered to be the largest such organism by mass.[1]
So they’re technically correct.
Just not in the way they meant to be.