How Large Are Blue Whales Really? Size Comparison
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.พ. 2019
- The Blue Whale is the largest animal of our time and the largest animal that ever lived. But how large are they exactly? This animation will show you.
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So I finally finished what probably shouldve been done 4-5 weeks ago - sorry about that. From now on I will again upload more frequently - roughly every 2 weeks.
I also implemented a new "information HUD" - What do you think?
Omg you're alive! The wait is worth it.
Hey don't strain yourself.
Wait a minute....
TH-cam will try to demonitze you regardless, so I guess it doesn't actually matter.
I like the new HUD, it helps visualize it easier. 👍
love the information hud, this video was very good
Amazing video mate, keep up the great work, Can't wait for the next video,
But be easy on yourself😁
its really awesome when you think about it that the largest animal to ever exist is still ALIVE. amazing times we live in.
Um nah whales aren't even real
@@taviakovaciny9453 why do you think this? No hate, just curious
@@enyafeckenham5730 I made a video about it on my channel. I tried to send you the link to it but it didn't work XD
@@enyafeckenham5730 I bet he says dolphins and seals ain't real
Smh😂🤦🏽♂️
@@taviakovaciny9453 your head is on crack
I swear you're better at this than most actual tv documentaries
No kidding... Damn, these are good
They are really good.
This is maximum knowledge nice presented in 20min.
90% if todays TV documentaries are stupide, repetitive action scenes with atleast 5min information in 1hour.
David attenborough is the best
mrlegkick666 nice avatar
The fact that the biggest animal ever isnt some prehistoric monster and something that we can go see is just amazing to me.
The fact that you see any large prehistoric animal as a monster is amazing to me
@@logic6615 monster, noun: a thing or animal that is excessively or dauntingly large.
@@logic6615 i meant no disrespect to my boys in the mesazoic
@@awesomename2544 aight bet shout out to the dinos for being awesome 👌
@Baldhina Asnake That really isn't concrete evidence though. They only found a bone (or more not sure) for it.
“Let’s begin with an animal that everyone has seen. A horse”
Me, a Southern African:👀👀👀
Well, you have striped ones lol
Youve never seen a horse before? Now that is interesting. What animals have you seen where you're from?
@@giagarex and small
@@giagarex Well zebras are technically in the donkey family, but close enough.
Damn, this video was made for free by a single person?
Yup.
i think that the creator gets add revenue
Facts in Motion you're amazing.
@@dansbilzarans2119 yeah there should be plenty of that lol.
Bruh theres like 5 ads in this vid
Quality over quantity, I like it.
Your animation is getting really good too, props!
Seems kinda ironic considering how much work went into these TWENTY MINUTES of video, right? Jawdropping...
yea, loved the animation.
Sadly, the channel is super underrated. I mean this video has only 175k+ views? Such hard work and info deserve over 2-3 million, if not a million, views. :\
@@nitishshetty2669 You wish has been granted.
The idea that we get to live alongside and observe the biggest animal that has EVER existed is truly an incredible thing
bro what if whale wanted to change its identity to become small again?
@@goodreason3123 if their food source becomes scarce there will be two options, they will become extinct or the smaller blue whales due to some genetic factor will do better and become the standard model
I’m disappointed how tiny T Rex’s truly are
They are actually bigger look it up
Same im also dissapointed at how small the meg is i thought it would be bigger than an aircraft carrier
@Adam K bruh what kind of drugs are you on cuz I want some
@Afrodisiac I think they meant how small it is compared to an elephant
@@thefordlord9893 But an elephant is massive. I know we are "used" to these animals, but even seeing a rhino IRL makes you wonder how something so massive can function. It's like seeing a ford f-150 bouncing around on legs.
I never realised T-Rex isn't that much bigger than an elephant and that Stegosaurus is actually smaller! Amazing production quality here by the way, FiM.
Thanks!
The T. rex graphic is misleading, though. African bush elephants stand 11 ft tall, while T. rex could reach almost double that height at 20 ft. They weigh about the same however, as T. rex was more lean for its size because of its role as a hunter.
Until you see an elephant in real life and realize how large they, I've never seen one but I'm probably lowballing their size in my imagination
@@DJKHOTTA I'm definitely with you here. It's easy to forget just how *massive* elephants really are. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., U.S.A., has the largest elephant ever recorded on display in the lobby. It stands 13 ft (4 m) high. Putting that in perspective, the average adult man in the U.S. stands 5' 9" tall (176 cm). In other words, one man standing on the other man's shoulders still wouldn't be able to look that beast in the eye. Even more everyday specimens are huge; look up photos of African elephants online and you'll see tons of photos of elephants standing beside cars that could easily drive underneath the animal's belly without touching.
@@pixelfox9666 Yeah, we have a hard time grasping size and volume, like how much size difference there is between a muscular guy like me at 5'10, next to another muscular guy that's 6'4, it's a whole different thing, not just height, we don't really imagine volume and mass accurately.
If a T-Rex was slightly larger than an elephant, that's still too big and too dangerous for a land predator, if not even elephants are safe, Jesus Christ.
"They can't swallow anything wider than a beach ball."
Oh thank god.
You can still end up in its mouth though, just not its stomach. Luckily they spit you right back out.
Well if you end up in a whale’s mouth you’re pretty much dead already lol.
@@miguelfernandez6646 true
I bet it could still easily kill a person swimming nearby.
@@Nyx_2142 i never said it would be volitional
This video is like whale's milk: incredibly rich and dense with nutrients. I learned so much more than the modest title suggested.
Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, it's a straw, you see? Watch it. Now my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I... drink... your... milkshake. I drink it up!
@@davewolf6256 what the fuck..
@@davewolf6256 I knew I wasn't the only one thinking that.
I think I whispered "holy shit" about every 10 seconds throughout a good portion of this video
Don't holy shit holy parim kodom ok da pundaachi mone💞🤗
If anyone travels too Iceland i can definately recommend the Reykevik Whale Musuem which is filled with life sized replicas of the all the whales found in the northern hemisphere including the Blue and Sperm whales. It really makes you feel so very small compared to these amazing creatures.
That's awesome! The American Museum of Natural History in New york city also has a lifesize blue whale replica hanging from the ceiling in the ocean hall. It's enormous, blew my mind many times as a kid
I've been to a similar museum in Norway. They had a 1:1 replica of a blue whale hung from the ceiling. It's really something else to see it in person. I've seen many videos of blue whales, but none of them have managed to convey the imposing awesomeness of that replica.
Look at that animation, amazing.
impossible, i finally saw you here
Always cool when you see one TH-camr you enjoy commenting on the video of another TH-camr you enjoy. Nice to see ya here.
Is it as big as BLACK HOLE
Not as amazing as a Black Hole
would ya just look at it!
It makes me sad that 99% got killed off..
"the equivalent of 6,600 cheeseburgers" - I admit my attention was straying until that snapped in back
Sharp increase in production quality. Looks sleek.
just don't think about stealing it, Walpole.
*_Yoink!_*
th-cam.com/channels/H4t--lXnqynUAIQ6AIQQXQ.htmlvideos?view_as=subscriberDude you need to see my stuff think you'll like it judging by your thumbnail
That graph at 7:00 brings tears to my eyes. I can't even imagine what the oceans must have been like, before humans started killing everything in them.
?! 😂😂😂💀
Trey the explainer recently put out a video on sharks that had many such sad facts.
One example was a fish that was thought to be a fast-breeding species because of their range and numbers, until they were fished to collapse. It was only then that they were found to live for decades, and both breed and grow super slowly.
Basically, mankind fished off the adults of a very slow reproducing species.
In demi-related news, if you aren't already following trey the explainer then you oughtta. He's got a great channel.
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Count Meowt
I am guessing you are referring to the Orange Roughy?
@Karthasis he probably thinks It's a cryng emoji
I'm studying history and science in college and I have to watch about 2-4 documentaries a week. But man... I gotta say this was just as good if not better than a lot of the stuff they have me watching. This was so brilliantly made! I'm giving you a sub and a like, you deserve it, I hope you can continue to make more masterpiece just like this one!
Do finance or cs.
This is an extremely accurate and well-made video. Very rarely you'll see someone make a video with this insanely high production value.
Props to you, Sir. I instantly subscribed.
Nice, only mistake I heard was the whale shark is the largest shark. The Whaleshark is niether a whale, or a shark, is is a fish.
Extremely well spoken and informative. This is the anti clickbait video. You get better content than the thumbnail and title suggest.
@TH-camUser they have the best accent and their voice is very soft and fits this type of vid well. in other words *fight me*
@TH-camUser you might want to use caps lock ive heard that gets more points across
@TH-camUser yuh its awesome to have one of your criticisms something he can't control ;)
This is one of, if not, the best biology videos I have ever watched on TH-cam. It captured me so well, and I loved every second of it. Thank you so much FiM, I'm proud to be a subscriber
Thanks for the lovely comment
I could not have said it better 👍😁 one New sub here 😄😁
lol. Still do not understand how anyone gives a thumbs down to a video like this.
Is it the high production value? Interesting, informative topic? Not exciting enough for you for an educational video? Needed an Ariana Grande music track behind it? You're just intellectually stunted and it was too difficult to understand?
Seriously, anyone that would give this a thumbs down, please reply with your reason, I'm genuinely curious.
Facts in Motion
, great video and thank you!
I'm pretty sure some people just thumbs down everything they see
Some people hate their lives so much they lash it out to others
It’s mostly bots
Lol. Its Discovery employees, hating on the competition!!
the dislikes are from the prepubescent millennials that got recommended this video. they were disappointed because none of the content had anything to do with fortnite or pokemon.
Who would dislike this video? Made by a single person? This is an enormous amount of work, and so beautiful and interesting! I hope you can capture some big sponsors so you're compensated appropriately!
How do you know it was made by only a single person?
This vid is so well made omgg
Amazing
You mean it's made so.... Whale 😅
@Adam So Chillstep horrible jk
@@adamsochillstep1272 hahahahahahah
I'm so happy blue whales are starting to have a comeback, even if it's just small
They have no predators basically and live longer than most humans.
They need not our pity.
sorry mrgoogle Did you even watch the video?
@@sorrymrgoogle2601 We ARE their predators, if it wasn't for us over fishing them they wouldn't be in this situation in the first place
sorry mrgoogle. The adults have no predators but the babies do, orca whales have been seen preying on calves, yet it’s extremely rare
Man, image there being 350,000 of them in the oceans today?
Wow man this was a very comprehensive video, I like the visual aids and all the charts and diagrams. You did a really nice job with this and I am impressed. Keep up the good work.😊
Whale baby gains 9 lbs per day. Quarantine me: Challenge accepted.
*per hour, 200lbs per day
Hilarious dude! 👍🤣😂🤣
Haha 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Laughing a lot. This was extremely funny.
@@amuiznblh 220 actually
i’ve never watched a 20 minute video all the way through without fast forwarding
until today
kudos to you man, this was epic
; )
What's does kudos mean?
@@k-2752 praise, compliments, etc.
@@k-2752 you can always google my guy
Likewise. In fact, I found myself rewinding to comprehend certain details.
I really enjoyed the fact that the first animal that you mentioned as "an animal that everyone has seen before" was the horse. I am from Poland and there is a famous definition of the horse from an XVIII century encyclopedia that literally states "the horse, as it is, is seen by everyone".
The first animal wasn't the horse. It was the human 👀
This is such a wholesome side of TH-cam this persons educating us abt whales and everyone is so nice and supportive abt it :,)
This was genuinely an extremely entertaining video- way more than I expected. Great work!
Sooo... when is Netflix giving you a documentary? 😁
Better not. I prefer this channel without the social engineering propaganda Netflix would force on it.
TH-cam has agendas too, but at least they let creators create what they want. Their algorithm on the other hand...
-“Lets begin with an animal that everyone has seen before”
-*shows human*
-“The horse”
?!
You dont know what i horse looks like
@@SwiftyEmpire Bruh, us poor niggas have only seen horses in pictures
@@emilianotanc4126 thats what i mean i know what a horse looks like even in a pic
@@SwiftyEmpire but we've never seen it in person so we can't compare. If he would have shown a dog then everyone (besides the chinese lol) would know.
@@emilianotanc4126 But the mounties ride around on them up here in Toronto sometimes!
Fantastic series. So much data so well articulated and densely packaged without needless froth. Brilliant
I loved your in-depth look at how and why the Blue whales got so big, rather than this just being a size comparison video, Keep it up! :)
That's pretty cool when you honestly think about it, your living in the time of the biggest animal to have ever existed on planet Earth.
biggest one we have found. anything bigger would also be in the oceans. and also deep water. so finding a fossil would be more difficult
@@jayrush01 It's highly unlikely any other creature grew bigger than the Blue Whale, we would have found something, even a tooth, like Megalodon.
yeah, your mom is the biggest ever!
@@AlexOjideagu2 giant squid attack whales.
and we only knew of their existence when we caught one. they mainly die i the depaths if the ocean. we dont even really know what lives down there now, let alone hundreds of millions of years ago. we are always finding stuff.
@@dansbilzarans2119 ahhhhh dude! sick burn bro, u got me good! high five!
Absolute privilege to be living at the same time as the largest animals that have ever lived , that's amazing .
Your channel deserves to be supported. Amazing research and content
man that was great like a phD presentation, u deserve millions of views for your hard working thank you so much.
I can just feel the German precision and no-nonsense sensibility that went into this masterpiece. flawlessly researched, my friend!
Thanks!
@@factsinmotion3978 hey I thought man o war was the biggest animal in the sea
@@eddyhoopin it's the longest, but as he explains at the start, weight is a more fair measurement
@@theeggyboi ohhh ok thanks
Werry sorough.
Energy spend: 2000 KCAL
Energy gained: 200.000 KCAL
Whales: *STONKS*
Blue Whales: *proceeds to THICC
That was one of THE BEST documentaries I have ever seen. Well done and subscribed.
Amazing video as usual! You animation skills are incredible, please keep doing these fantastic videos.
I just watched a 20 min video about the size of a whale. Honestly it felt like 1 minute, such good quality and informative.
Yo straight up I thought it was a typical 5 min video tbh
The format in which you represented this episode is so informative and information is crystal clear! Probably the best video on Blue whales on TH-cam today! Please make subsequent videos like this :)
I will try my best ; )
@@factsinmotion3978 you must do or do not there is no try cheers mate thanks for the great video
Its been a while ive been that impressed by a single video, great job there, i enjoyed every second of it.
Subscribed, this is the greatest tribute to the legendary Blue Whale I have ever seen. Thank you for explaining about the effort required in feeding - people tend to imply that they just leisurely keep their jaws open and swim on autopilot.
2:30 - When you realize that an African elephant is as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus Rex
CentralPuppets the size is actually wrong, its just a tiny bit bigger(the t-rex i mean) its supposed to be a bit bigger.
And Elefants don’t way 8 tons, the most heavy measured 6
And just about as tall. Wild
@Katharsis 12.25 tonnes
@@matzepizzaheld8541 you might be confusing a short ton (2000lbs) and a metric ton/ tonne (1000kg) which works out to about 2204 lbs.
Brilliant documentary !...the info graphics, the video theme and presentation in general is fantastic.....and thank you for not using a robotic voice like other documentaries...!!!!
Excellent analysis by comparing and contrasting. Thanks so much!
This video just shows how precious these animals are, incredible animals. We MUST protect their existence
very well made and researched as usual, and the topic and script are interesting as well. the computer hud really helped to put things in perspective, and the loading/codes were nice to keep it active during the periods in between clips, which I can imagine helps to cut down on time animating creatures or creating fillers for longer videos like this while avoiding visually boring motionlessness. I'm really happy to see you trying out new strategies that hopefully help a lot while retaining high quality to accompany your thorough research, excellent art style, and engaging writing.
Thanks!
This is fascinating and the presentation is near perfect! Well done!
This is an awesome video. Thank you so much for your dedication and skill.
The voice is great as well.
You would be a really good teacher. My nephew loves your videos. He is 6, and loves learning about science, especially animals.
Great work!
Evolutionary thinking is not science.
8:38 You'd need an impressively large book to awkwardly attempt to hide that.
William Shreckengost can blue whales have erections?
@@ViperDAZ yes they can !
cormac 12 do they have bones in their things?
@@true_neutral3378 Turns out cetaceans are boneless down there. TH-cam picked the best time to start giving me reply notifications again.
A 8 foot dick wow
Awesome Visual Effects. Love it!
we lost dinosaurs, we lost megaladon, we lost predator x, but we still have Blue Whale.. We have to save it..❤️
The accent couldn’t be more German lol
I like it :3
Really? i could barely tell it was German.
Hold up this dude is german
yep ... cringed quite a lot of times during the otherwise very interesting video
's.o big H
Was devastating to watch the number decline of the whales...
Amazing work on this video. You just gained another subscriber!
Fantastic job on this video, extremely well done!
I did NOT know until this video that blue whales could live up to 90 years, that is ASTONISHING but also sad what we've lost
Wow! The details and presentation are fascinating. I found myself sharing the link with my daughters and texting various bits of info as it presented itself. For example, the massive growth, 9 lbs an hour, 200 lbs per day. We could pretty much watch them grow! And the conditions that allowed for their overall growth as a species. Great stuff.
Fantastic animation and information, well worth the wait! I don't normally have the patience or attention span to watch a 20 minute video on this topic, but you kept mine easily :)
Visual and verbal clarity unsurpassed. A teacher's inspiration; thank you.
The massive amount of sheer knowledge/data in this video is in fact equal to the size of a blue whale. Really appreciate the work put into it.
Can't believe how amazing the production value of these videos is
I've been waiting for this channel... Thank you!
U have done a great job I thank you from my bottom of my heart for uploading this video
accurate, detailed, not dumbed down and the same time , keeping it interesting and captivating with simple animations
Overall.....great!!!
5:02 for a sec i thought it was an actual comparison of blue whales to the earth lmao
💀 earth would have been destroyed a long time ago then haha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
Dunno if you'll ever read these comments but thank you so much for making these videos of amazing quality for free.
This is far better than some tv documentary
Wow! Truly informative. Now I am gonna binge watch your videos.
Absolutely fascinating. Love the thorough research involved in this lecture. Wonderfully presented, as well.
You honestly should have more subscribers with this quality of content and actually being good content unlike others.
5 minute crafts
Today I will be talking for 30 minutes and playing clips
Amazing video. I was curious about blue whales and I learned more than I ever thought I would.
Amazingly put together
Damn i have to say this is a very high quality video, well done good sir. I like it 👏👏👌
Superb in every way; research, attention to detail and presentation. 👍👍👍👍👍
This was a really well made, informational video that did a fantastic job putting the information in perspective. Thank you.
This was so incredibly well made
Superb use of relative comparisons to put amazing facts into context. Extremely well explained. Nice!
Phenomenal visuals, information, everything! Thank goodness for quality content like this
This video was so much better than the title led me to believe. I was expecting a short video with maybe a couple diagrams. Did not expect so many fascinating facts, so well presented. The title is seriously the biggest understatement on youtube lol
I was like, "I really wanna watch an informational video on blue whales", and I saw this video. I had no idea how amazing it would be. Great video.
Spoiler: blue whales are big.
What the hell man!?! I didn't see the vid yet >:(
but are their load bigger than sperm whales?
no, they are YUGE
Lol
FUCK YOUUUUUU!!! GODDAMNIT
All these comments about the increase in video quality, and I couldn't agree more. Keep up the great work!
Very informative. Sometimes when I get depressed having something to look at that gives me a sense of awe and wonder of the natural world helps me stay alive
this video is awesome, thanks for making it :)
The insane facts coupled with your relaxing voice made this one of the most interesting videos ive ever watched
This is great, I hope you keep up the same quality even if it takes a longer time to make. Thanks.
The animations of this video are fantastic. Wonderful job.
That explaination, man. It's so easy to digest all of the information even for slowest person. I can only hit the sub and pray your channel grew larger and larger. Larger than the Blue Whale. God bless your soul.
i love how your videos starts with very calming sounds
Top Notch man, really appreciated.
Dies ist ein ausgezeichnetes Video. gut gemacht und danke fürs posten
very high quality video. i hope all the work you put in pays off.