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There could be a new contender for 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.

The blue whale has long held the title of largest animal of all time, an ocean giant reaching more than 100 feet in length and weighing more than 200 tons. But now, paleontologists have uncovered an ...