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A blue whale tongue weighs as much as an elephant
The tongue of an adult blue whale can weigh around 2.7 tonnes.
Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth. Their mouth can hold enormous volumes of water and krill during baleen feeding, and their heart alone is roughly the size of a small car.
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A blue whale tongue weighs as much as an elephant: the short answers
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