Re: the longest animal?

["Larry Dunn" <larrydunn@hotmail.com>]

>From: "Berislav Krzic" <veselinka.stanisavac@siol.net>

>I  suspected it was some of the worms. Can you describe it, please? 
What is
>its diameter and weight? Where does it live? Do we have some other
>candidates, too?

Since a picture is worth a thousand words:

http://www.mbl.edu/html/LEUCKART/L35.GIF

This particular worm lives in Europe.  Blue whale proponents argue that 
L. longissimus's length is unverified, to which I say ha, I tell you, 
ha.

>Isn't it odd that many people are astonished with the size of big 
dinosaurs,
>being unaware that the true absolute record breakers live in our times 
(for
>how long though?). Dinosaurs however (as everybody knows), keep their 
first
>place in the category of land vertebrates.

It is odd indeed!  Just look at the behavior of a pod of Killer Whales 
and you'll never see a smarter, fiercer or more resourceful predator. 
Anywhere.  At any time.

Larry

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