Why do some creatures grow to such massive proportions in the natural world?
In short: Explore the American Museum of Natural History to uncover the secrets behind nature's giants. This virtual tour examines the evolutionary benefits of extreme size, featuring the largest animals and plants on the planet.
Guided by Marion Schultheis, this virtual experience traverses several specialized museum galleries, including those dedicated to marine ecosystems, the variety of life on Earth, and specific dinosaur lineages. The tour investigates why certain organisms evolve to reach immense scales and highlights surprising facts about record-breaking specimens.
The presentation, which originally aired on February 23, 2021, challenges common assumptions about size. For instance, while the blue whale is confirmed as the planet's largest animal, the identity of the museum's largest fossil remains a point of intrigue, as it is not the Titanosaur.
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