2007-07-18 14:55:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
According to Wikipedia (which is usually, but not always, trustworthy), a blue whale's tongue weighs about 6000 pounds, while the average male African elephant weighs about 12000 pounds. Females weigh about 8000 pounds.
2007-07-18 15:12:09 · answer #1 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well a quick search on the web says a blue whale weighs between 320,000 and 380,000 pounds (hard to weigh something that large). A male african (asian elephants are smaller) elephant weighs 10,000. So I would say it's certainly possible. The Natural History Museum in London has a blue whale skeleton and the skull must be 25 feet long. If the tongue is assumed to have the same dimensions as ours (about the length of the jaw plus slightly down the throat) I would say it is almost certain.
2016-04-01 00:55:07 · answer #2 · answered by Claudia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the elephant weighs more than the Blue Whales toungue.
2007-07-22 11:48:42 · answer #3 · answered by Devyn C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋