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There could be a new contender for the heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales.
A team of paleontologists announced the discovery of the remains of a large marine fossil in the Peruvian desert that appears to have exceeded the mass of the blue whale - the modern record holder. The new species was named Perucetus colossus - Peruvian Colossal Whale .
Perucetus colossus, a giant whale that lived almost 40 million years ago is now thought to be the heaviest animal that has ever lived, scientists said Wednesday.