Has there anything bigger than a blue whale?

Answer 1

No other animal has ever existed that is bigger than the blue whale. It is by far the largest animal ever known to exist.

The largest known animal ever to have existed is the blue whale, an endangered species whose official record length is 33.58 m (110 ft 2 in), and weight 190 metric tons (210 short tons) (for a pregnant female).[9] The largest living land animals by mass are male (bull) African Bush Elephants (Savannah Elephants or Bush Elephants); one known example weighed roughly 12 t (13 short tons). Some extinct land animals, including many dinosaurs, were much larger still. A 1985 study concluded that the theoretical limit for land-dwelling animals based on known types of body plans was between 100 and 1000 metric tons.[10] The organism sizes listed are frequently considered "outsized" and are not in the normal (average) size range for the respective species.

However, if you want to compare all living things, such as plants, plants win hands down.....

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,[1] by mass or volume.[2] It covers 0.43 km2 (106 acres) and is estimated to weigh 6,000 metric tons (6,600 short tons).[3]

A giant Armillaria solidipes fungus, a species of honey mushroom in the Malheur National Forest in Oregon, was found to span 8.9 km2 (2,200 acres),[4] which would make it the largest organism by area. Whether or not this is an individual organism is disputed: some tests have indicated that they have the same genetic makeup,[5] but unless its mycelia are fully connected, it is a clonal colony of numerous smaller individuals. Another clonal colony that rivals the Armillaria and the Populuscolonies in size is a strand of the giant marine plant, Posidonia oceanica, discovered in the Mediterranean near the Balearic Islands. It covers a band roughly 8 km (5.0 mi) in length.[6]

The world's largest single stem tree, by volume, is the General Sherman tree, a Giant Sequoia with a volume of 1,487 m3 (52,500 cu ft).[7] This tree stands 83.8 m (275 ft) tall and the trunk alone is estimated to weigh over 1,800 t (2,000 short tons). The largest single-stem tree ever measured was the Lindsey creek tree, a Coast Redwood with a minimum trunk volume of over 2,500 m3 (88,000 cu ft) and a mass of over 3,300 metric tons (3,600 short tons). It fell over during a storm in 1905.[8]

Also, some people like to argue that the Great Barrier Reef is the largest living thing. Though, this is not actually true. The Great Barrier Reef is actually a series of individual reefs that are connected forming the Great Barrier Reef (Much like a forest.). So, in such a case then you could say that The Taiga Forest is actually the largest living thing...... Here are some interesting facts:

Taiga (pronounced /ˈtaɪɡə/; Russian: тайга; IPA: [taɪɡˈa]; from Turkic[1] or Mongolian), also known as the boreal forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests.

Taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome. In North America it covers most of inland Canada and Alaska as well as parts of the extreme northern continental United States and is known as the Northwoods.[2] It also covers most of Sweden, Finland, much of Norway, much of Russia (especially Siberia), northern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, and northern Japan (on the island of Hokkaidō).

The term "boreal forest" is sometimes, particularly in Canada, used to refer to the more southerly part of the biome, while the term taiga is often used to describe the more barren areas of the northernmost part of the taiga approaching the tree line.

(Above: The Taiga Forest)

Also if you REALLY REALLY want to continue making these type of arguments. Then Earth would be the correct answer for the largest living thing. OR.... The Sun........ The Solar System......... The Galaxy......................... The Universe.................................................................... The Outer Dimensions (According to Steven Hawkings) ...........................................................................................................

OR if you really want to push it, GOD or GODS (Which ever you prefer.) :)

Answer 2

Yes. Blue Whales are the largest known living animal species on earth. Animals that were as large as 27 meters in length (nearly 90 feet) and weighing over 170 tonnes have been recorded. Since these animals were measured and weighed after they were cut up into manageable pieces, the actual size and weight could be even more

Answer 3

There are two types of blue Whales, the pygmy blue whale(smaller of the two) and the True Blue whale. The true blue whale is the largest of all the whales.

Answer 4

the whale shark is know to be bigger or the same size as the blue whale

Answer 5

no, there are not