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"Each vertebra weighs over 100kg , which is just completely mind-blowing," said co-author Rebecca Bennion, a researcher from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, to theThe researchers surmise that the dense bones are an adaptation to give this massive whale extra bounce while it swam off the coast in relatively shallow waters. Think of it as an extremely oversized manatee.
Another interesting finding is that this ancient whale was THIS LARGE at this particular time period — a far earlier sign of gigantism in whales than what scientists have traditionally thought, according to theMore on fossils:
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