Re: Giant Whale ashore at Karachi
so is a whale-shark the biggest creature or is the blue whale bigger?
Re: Giant Whale ashore at Karachi
Blue whale is the biggest sea creature. Whale shark is the biggest fish.
I thought Sperm Whale was the 2nd biggest creature but there are other gigantic creatures too. Sperm Whale stands at 7th. 
Below link from Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms
[TABLE=“class: wikitable, width: 1”]
[TH=“bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center”]Rank[/TH]
[TH=“bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center”]Animal[/TH]
[TH=“bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center”]Average Mass[/TH]
[TH=“bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center”]Maximum Mass[/TH]
[TH=“bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center”]Average Total Length[/TH]
1
Blue Whale
110,000 kg (240,000 lb)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
190,000 kg (420,000 lb)[SUP][9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Wood-8)[/SUP]
25.5 m (84 ft)[SUP][14]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-13)[/SUP]
2
North Pacific Right Whale
60,000 kg (130,000 lb)[SUP][15]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-14)[/SUP]
120,000 kg (260,000 lb)[SUP][9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Wood-8)[/SUP]
15.5 m (51 ft)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
3
Southern Right Whale
58,000 kg (130,000 lb)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
110,000 kg (240,000 lb)[SUP][16]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Stewart-15)[/SUP]
15.25 m (50.0 ft)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
4
Fin Whale
57,000 kg (130,000 lb)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
120,000 kg (260,000 lb)[SUP][16]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Stewart-15)[/SUP]
20.6 m (68 ft)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
5
North Atlantic Right Whale
55,000 kg (120,000 lb)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP][SUP][17]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-16)[/SUP]
100,000 kg (220,000 lb)[SUP][18]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Euba-17)[/SUP]
15 m (49 ft)[SUP][18]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Euba-17)[/SUP]
6
Bowhead Whale
54,500 kg (120,000 lb)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP][SUP][19]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-18)[/SUP]
120,000 kg (260,000 lb)[SUP][9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Wood-8)[/SUP]
15 m (49 ft)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
7
Sperm Whale
31,250 kg (68,900 lb)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP][SUP][20]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Whitehead-19)[/SUP]
57,000 kg (130,000 lb)[SUP][9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Wood-8)[/SUP]
13.25 m (43.5 ft)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP][SUP][20]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-Whitehead-19)[/SUP]
8
Humpback Whale
29,000 kg (64,000 lb)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP][SUP][21]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-20)[/SUP]
48,000 kg (110,000 lb)[SUP][22]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-21)[/SUP]
13.5 m (44 ft)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
9
Sei Whale
22,500 kg (50,000 lb)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
45,000 kg (99,000 lb)[SUP][23]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-22)[/SUP]
14.8 m (49 ft)[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms#cite_note-IWC-12)[/SUP]
10
Gray Whale