CCSS.Math: 2.MD.A.3. Sal estimates the length of an object when given the length of another object.

Most blue whales however are considerably smaller and lighter in size at an average length of 70 – 90 ft. long and an average weight of between 100 – 150 tons. In regards to the largest known blue whale to have ever lived on earth various estimates ranging from 109 ft – 115 ft.

Dead whales, stranded and decaying on beaches, can sometimes be weighed. But weighing a live whale is nearly impossible. Or, at least, it was impossible. Marine scientists have developed an innovative way to accurately estimate the heft of free-living whales by using drones to capture aerial footage of cetacean bodies.

The typical Blue Whale has an overall height of 13′-16′ (3.96-4.88 m) and body length of 82′-105′ (25-32 m). An average Blue Whale weighs between 55-165 tons (50-150 metric tons) and has a typical lifespan of 80-90 years. Click to see full answer.

Fun Facts About Blue Whales Blue whales are the largest animals to ever live on the planet, reaching maximum lengths of 110 (33.5 m) feet and weights of 330,000 pounds (150 metric tons).

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about 6.92 kilograms

No, the blue whale is much bigger. Megalodon was up to 60 feet long, while blue whales are 80 to 100 feet long. Though extinct, a mature male Megalodon is estimated to have had a mass of about 80,000 lbs., The Blue Whale, with an adult mass of 110,000 – 330,000 lbs, would be significantly larger.

People always say it’s 20.4 meters, but in reality it’s around 18 meters and weigh 50, not 100 tons. But according to a new study, it was smaller. So It was around 14.2-15.3 meters long, and possibly weighing 30 tons. Mosasaurus was longer than Megalodon so yeah.

There are many animals that could beat megalodon. Some say megalodon ate Livyatan but it was an ambush predator and Livyatan might have eaten it too. The modern sperm whale, fin whale, blue whale, Sei whale, Triassic kraken, pliosaurus and colossal squid could all beat the megalodon.

The Megalodon would easily outpace the whale, bite its tail off and within two killing bites the whale would die.

Competition from other predators of marine mammals, such as macropredatory sperm whales which appeared in the Miocene, and killer whales and great white sharks in the Pliocene, may have also contributed to the decline and extinction of megalodon.

Mature megalodons likely did not have any predators, but newly birthed and juvenile individuals may have been vulnerable to other large predatory sharks, such as great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran), whose ranges and nurseries are thought to have overlapped with those of megalodon from the end of the Miocene and …

While a similar length, the Megalodon had a much more robust body and huge jaws built for devouring whales and other large marine mammals. A Mosasaurus would not have been able to get its jaws around the much thicker body of the Megalodon. It would just take one catastrophic bite for the Megalodon to end the battle.

A pod of carnivorous whales, orca size (20–30 feet) or larger, could kill a megalodon.

According to website Exemplore: “While it may be true that Megalodon lives in the upper part of the water column over the Mariana Trench, it probably has no reason to hide in its depths. However, scientists have dismissed this idea and state that it is extremely unlikely that the megalodon still lives.

Megalodon is NOT alive today, it went extinct around 3.5 million years ago.

Despite its immense distance from everywhere else, life seems to be abundant in the Trench. Recent expeditions have found myriad creatures living out their lives at the bottom of the sea-floor. Xenophyophores, amphipods, and holothurians (not the names of alien species, I promise) all call the trench home.

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Megalodon teeth are highly prized by fossil collectors, especially large teeth in excellent condition. Teeth of this size in excellent condition sell for one to many thousands of dollars. Seven inch megalodon teeth have been found but these are extremely rare.

The 5 Best Places in the U.S. to “Dig Up” Fossilized Megalodon Teeth

• South Carolina Blackwater Rivers.
• Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs State Park.
• Aurora, North Carolina.
• Peace River, Florida.
• Venice Beach, Florida.

The jaw set is composed of 182 fossil teeth, some over seven inches long and is expected to sell for $700,000 (£436,000) at a sale by Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, on 12 June. Megalodon ruled the temperate and warm waters of all the oceans between 25million and 1.5million years ago.

So far we’ve only found teeth and vertebrae of megalodons. Like other sharks, most of their skeleton is made from cartilage which doesn’t preserve well in the fossil record. Scientists who have been studying modern sharks are working with paleontologists to study megalodon and other long-extinct shark species.