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According to ur length it is Liopleurodon - 39-49 feet but really it is the Blue Whale with the length of 33 m or more.

2007-01-27 19:09:14 · answer #1 · answered by Vishwarun 2 · 0 0

Giant squid, once believed to be mythical creatures, are squid of the Architeuthidae family, represented by as many as eight species of the genus Architeuthis. They are deep-ocean dwelling animals that can grow to a tremendous size: recent estimates put the maximum size at 10 m (33 ft) for males and 13 m (43 ft) for females from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles (second only to the colossal squid at an estimated 14 m (46 ft), one of the largest living organisms). The mantle length is only about 2 m (7 ft) in length (more for females, less for males), and the length of the squid excluding its tentacles is about 5 m (16 ft). There have been claims reported of specimens of up to 20 m (66 ft), but no animals of such size have been scientifically documented. On September 30, 2004, researchers from the National Science Museum of Japan and the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association took the first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat. Several of the 556 photographs were released a year later.

The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. At up to 33 meters (110 feet) in length and 181 metric tonnes (200 short tons) or more in weight, it is believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived on Earth, though some recent dinosaur discoveries may contradict this long-held belief (see Bruhathkayosaurus).

Blue Whales were abundant in most oceans around the world until the beginning of the twentieth century. For the first 40 years of that century they were hunted by whalers almost to extinction. Hunting of the species was outlawed by the international community in 1966. A 2002 report estimated there were 5,000 to 12,000 Blue Whales worldwide located in at least five groups. More recent research into the Pygmy subspecies suggest this may be an under-estimate. Before whaling the largest population 239,000 (range 202,000 to 311,000) was in the Antarctic but now there remain only much smaller (around 2,000) concentrations in each of the North-East Pacific, the Antarctic, and the Indian Ocean. There are two more groups in the North Atlantic and at least two in the Southern Hemisphere.

2007-01-25 05:10:16 · answer #2 · answered by razov 2 · 0 0

The largest sea creature is the Blue Whale. At 110 ft (33 m), it is longer than you've described here. Not only is the Blue Whale the largest animal in the ocean, it is the largest animal ever to live on Earth.

2007-01-24 05:49:50 · answer #3 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 1 1

Blue Whale

2007-01-24 05:57:07 · answer #4 · answered by nanu T 3 · 0 1

nope, whales reach up to only 30 feet. the answer is..

Liopleurodon (pronounced LIE-oh-PLOOR-oh-don). It was the biggest plesiosaur. Liopleurodon was not a dinosaur, but a short-necked plesiosaur (a pliosaur), an extinct, swimming reptile. It lived during the late Jurassic period, about 165 to 150 million years ago.

Liopleurodon was from 39 to 49 feet (12-15 m) long. It had a long body with a large head, a short neck, powerful jaws and teeth, and four long, wide, paddle-like flippers. The skull was 10 feet (3 m) long.

Liopleurodon was a carnivore (a meat-eater), which ate fish, ichthyosaurs, and other plesiosaurs. It caught prey with its long, sharp teeth.

Liopleurodon means "smooth-sided tooth;" it was named by French paleontologist H.E.Sauvage in 1873.

2007-01-24 06:07:44 · answer #5 · answered by banana_otaku 2 · 0 1

Given that you are talking about fourteen metres I would guess you are prbably thinking of the colossal squid.

The only clues to this have been sections of tentacles that have been recovered in fishing nets or attached to sperm whales.

Dead giant squid have been caught a few times, usually measuring up to 12 metres.

The size of the colossal squid is based on comparison of the parts they have found against these giant squid.

2007-01-24 06:32:45 · answer #6 · answered by Hamburgurr 2 · 0 0

A whale

2007-01-24 05:53:57 · answer #7 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 0 1

49 feet? There are many creatures longer than that. Is this a riddle?

2007-01-24 05:59:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

blue whale

2007-01-25 03:12:54 · answer #9 · answered by pavi 2 · 0 0

I think it is a blue whale

2007-01-24 06:01:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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