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- A partial skeleton of Perucetus colossus was found in Peru.
- This whale lived nearly 40 million years ago could be the heaviest animal to have ever lived.
- The animal reached about 20 meters (65 feet) in length.
- The modern blue whale has long been considered the largest and heaviest animal ever.
- The biggest blue whale ever recorded weighed 190 tonnes, according to Guinness World Records.
- But the researchers estimated the ancient whale's weight range was between 85 and 340 tonnes.
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