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32 Asian elephants
= 150,000 kg (331,000 lb)
Thirty-two large, male Asian
elephants, each weighing 4,690 kg
(10,340 lb), together weigh the same
as one male blue whale. Elephants
are the biggest living land animals.
How heavy
is a blue
whale?
Earth’s largest animal, the blue
whale can weigh up to 150,000 kg
(331,000 lb). Its tongue alone
weighs as much as an elephant.
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