Re: the longest animal?

["Berislav Krzic" <veselinka.stanisavac@siol.net>]

Larry Dunn wrote:
>>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.

It seems we got a winner here: L. longissimus

>>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.


 I've seen a documentary on a pod of orcas attacking young Blue Whale.
The most spectacular site I've ever seen! I wonder if a pack of theropods
(of equal size
ratio as K.W. to B. Whale) could have brought down a sauropod of that size.
Incredible
persistence and detailed team work strategy. I don't quite remember (it was
several years ago) but I think the pursuit lasted at least a couple of hours
and then the orcas gave up suddenly leaving heavily wounded Whale to swim
away.

Berislav Krzic
veselinka.stanisavac@siol.net
Beri's Dinosaur World
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1638/index.html
Dinosaur Books
http://www2.siol.net/ext/zza/index.html