Comments by "Dr. Ian Plect" (@Dr.IanPlect) on "Destiny"
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 @peteabrh-fairest9463 "If size estimates are accurate, this creature could have measured up to 26 meters (85 feet) long — for comparison, blue whales top out around 25 meters (82 feet)."
- NONSENSE
- first, blue whales DO NOT top out at around 25m, there are verified records exceeding 30m. Some populations (there's significant size difference by population) EXCEED your 'top out' figure on AVERAGE for females, the larger sex. You are clueless.
- second, length is ONE metric contributing to 'largest'. Several animals exceed blue whales in length, but are physically much smaller; bootlace worms being an example. Ichthyosaurs do not have the build of a blue whale (in terms of girth from tip to tail), so even at equal length they would be much lighter.
- third, this recent discovery is of a superlative specimen 20-25m long, NOT your 'could have measured up to 26 meters' nonsense. Of which my first point already tells you even 26m doesn't rival VERIFIED blue whale size
"Newly discovered ichthyosaur could give this normal-looking reptile..."
- this thread is about blue whales; MAMMALS, not reptiles!
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Absolutely misrepresented cluelessness.
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