![]() The 1998 discovery was remarkable in that not only would the massive specimen of A. ![]() Above ground, it sports clusters of honey-hued mushrooms. The humongous fungus consists mainly of black lace-like rhizomorphs that spread out below the ground in search of new hosts and subterranean networks of tubular filaments called mycelia. The team was able to determine that this single tree-killing being covered an area of 3.7 square miles, and occupied some 2,384 acres. And in fact, they discovered that 61 of the trees had been killed by the same clonal colony – as in, one organism. Their samples and tests showed that the trees had been infected with the honey fungus, Armillaria solidipes (formerly Armillaria ostoyae). Forest Service set out to determine the cause of 112 tree deaths in the Malheur National Forest in east Oregon. Recovery has been slow - according to the World Wildlife Foundation, there are between just 10,000 and 25,000 in the world. Not until 1966 did the International Whaling Commission ban the hunting of blue whales.īefore whaling there were over 350,000 of them up to 99 percent of them were killed during the frenzy. Hunting peaked in 1931 when over 29,000 were killed in one season – after which the whales were so few in numbers that whalers turned to other species. In the beginning of the 20th century, the whaling industry set its sights on these leviathans a single blue whale could bring in up to 120 barrels of oil. They are so loud that their calls can be heard by one another from 1,000 miles away the spray from their blowhole can reach 30 feet into the air. Growing to lengths of up to 100 feet and weighing up to 200 tons, the tongue of the blue whale can weigh as much as an elephant and their hearts as much as a car. Both of these animals can reach such immense sizes because of their aquatic habitat-the buoyancy of the saltwater allows easy mobility and means that they aren't crushed by their own weight. The second largest animal ever to live on Earth is the fin whale, a close relative of the blue whale. In fact, the blue whale is the largest animal known to ever live on Earth. and then it gains a mere 200 pounds a day for the first year. When a baby blue whale is born, it measures up to 25 feet in length and weighs up to three tons. Perhaps the most superlative of all, the blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus).
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