what's the largest living thing?

Answer 1

It's a massive fungal growth that spans many square miles... I believe it's in California.

UPDATE: A giant fungus of the species Armillaria ostoyae in the Malheur National Forest in Oregon was found to span 8.9 km² (2,200 acres)[1], which would make it the largest organism by area. Whether or not this is an actual individual organism, however, is disputed: some tests have indicated that they have the same genetic makeup [2], but unless its mycelium is fully connected, it is a clonal colony of numerous smaller individuals.

Answer 2

The blue whale that has several other names is the largest animal that ever lived. Some are 90 to 110 feet long and weigh 160 to 200 tons. No land animal has ever been that big. Plants are alive too, however, and the "General Sherman' giant seqoia or California bigtree is bigger than any whale. It was 275 feet tall and 104 feet in girth some years ago. Total weight was estimated as 2725 tons. Reddwoods are taller (364 feet) but more slender than the giant sequoia.

Answer 3

The largest organism found on earth can be measured using a variety of methods. It could be defined as the largest by volume, mass, height, or length. Some creatures group together to form a superorganism, though this cannot truly be classed as one large organism. (The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef (stretching 2,000 km) has been shown to be a collection of many organisms and is the largest known superorganism, though Gaia theory would consider the whole of the biosphere as a sort of superorganism.)

The Aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) forms large stands of genetically identical trees (technically, stems) connected by a single underground root system. These trees form through root sprouts coming off an original parent tree, though the root system may not remain a single unit in all specimens. The largest known fully-connected Aspen is a grove in Utah nicknamed Pando, and some experts call it the largest organism in the world, by mass or volume.It covers 43 hectares (.43 km²) and is estimated to weigh 6,600 tons.

A giant fungus of the species Armillaria ostoyae in the Malheur National Forest in Oregon was found to span 8.9 km² (2,200 acres), which would make it the largest organism by area. Whether or not this is an actual individual organism, however, is disputed: some tests have indicated that they have the same genetic makeup , but unless its mycelium is fully connected, it is a clonal colony of numerous smaller individuals. Another clonal colony that rivals the Armillaria and the Populus colonies in size is a strand of the giant marine plant, Posidonia oceanica, discovered in the Mediterranean Sea near the Balearic Islands. It is about 8 km (4.3 miles) in length.

Excluding multi-stem trees, the General Sherman tree, an individual Giant Sequoia with a volume of 1487 m³, would hold the title of the world's largest living organism, if measured in volume and mass. This tree stands 83.8 m (274 ft 11 in) tall and the trunk alone is estimated to weigh over 2000 tons. The largest single-stem tree ever measured was the “Lindsey Creek Tree,” a coastal redwood with a minimum trunk volume of over 2500 m³ and a mass of over 3600 tons, which fell over during a storm in 1905.

By volume and weight, the largest known animal ever to have lived is the blue whale, an endangered species whose official record length is 33.58 m (110 ft 2 inches), and weight 210 tons (for a pregnant female). The largest land animals today are male Savannah Elephants, with one known example weighing around 12,272 kg (27,000 lb), though many extinct species, such as many dinosaurs, were much larger.

Answer 4

The blue whale is the largest living mammal but there is a bloke in India named Kishore who will beat that blue whale any day!!!!

Answer 5

The Blue Whale

Answer 6

Blue whale

Answer 7

Defintely the blue whale.

Answer 8

Rosie O'Donnell

Answer 9

I think it's the General Sherman tree, a Giant Sequoia in California.

Answer 10

Blue whale