While the exact date and time might evade us, researchers have managed to pinpoint a general time period, when whales graduated from mediocre to massive. We assume that whales have always been this awe-inspiringly large, but that is actually not the case. Image Credit: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Peering into the waters, the upcoming shadow gets larger and larger until you spot the 45-foot long humpback whale stretching longer than the width of the boat! And consider this: The blue whale is more than twice the size of the humpback whale. If you have ever been whale-watching and have been lucky enough to catch sight of one roaming the seas, it’s hard not to appreciate just how huge whales really are.
