Talk:Blue whale
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blue whale sightings
Good to add following video link of latest sighting of blue-whales in Sri-Lanka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5MPbZZ4xJA pekon (talk) 20:43, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Evolution
There is nothing on the evolution of this species, including why it has evolved to be so large. Please add... Fig (talk) 19:15, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2014
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I believe "Subspecies' deistribution" should be changed to "Subspecies' distribution" as it appears to be misspelled. Wilburb (talk) 18:08, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Done Minor edit only. The possessive apostrophe in that same title is also questionable but I don't think leaving it is a bad thing. I'll leave it to the discretion of others. —KuyaBriBriTalk 18:21, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Minor edit required
The "Size" section opens with the following:
- The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived. By comparison, the largest known dinosaur of the Mesozoic Era was Argentinosaurus, which is estimated to have weighed up to 90 metric tons (99 short tons).
It's pretty confusing using the phrase "by comparison" when at this point no blue whale weight has been given to compare the Argentinosaurus's weight to. I'm unclear on how best to proceed. Would someone have a go? David (talk) 22:53, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Minor edit required
Under the 'Other' section - "Calves are tend to be more playful on water surface than adults."
Should be "Calves tend to be more playful on the water surface than adults."
Linzdai (talk) 17:09, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Argentinosaurus was the largest animal that ever lived
Further proof why you should never cite Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.164.161.151 (talk) 07:33, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- What information is the basis for your assertion? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 09:09, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- Click on the link in this section's title. Look here also: http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/latin-america/58274-largest-dinosaur-fossil-argenitina . Regarding the claim that the blue whale is the largest animal on earth that ever existed: I don't think we can be this affirmative. Lerichard (talk) 16:03, 17 May 2014 (UTC)