The tongue of the blue whale is about the same weight as that of a female Asian elephant.
Because of its large size, several organs of the blue whale are the largest in the animal kingdom. A blue whale's tongue weighs around 2,700 kg (3 short tons) and, when fully expanded, its mouth is large enough to hold up to 9,000kg (99 short tons) of food and water. A female Asian elephant's average weight is also 2,700 kg. Their African counterparts are heavier: about 4,000 kg. And and still a couple of them could easily fit inside a blue whale.
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Albeck1994
The question said Asian female Not African so lecturing on African Bull elephants is a moot point
Kevin Dale Streets
OK, next question: how do you weigh the tongue of a blue whale?
Chris Brown
WHALES!
--Chris Brown
November 1982
Blue Whales, Gray Whales, Humpbacks, and Orcas,
Throughout the World's oceans they're the greatest of talkers;
They play, and they court, and they sing
Before they give birth in the Spring
To baby Blue Whales, Gray Whales, Humpbacks, or Orcas.
Lynn Murphy
henwalker, Thank you! Many people (including, apparently, the author of the quiz) did not grasp that "that of" means "the tongue of," and off they went measuring whole African elephants.
Eve
What makes these questions worthwhile is that they encourage people to check the facts themselves in order to try to prove the questioner wrong, lol
Armadillo
DannyBoy, That warrants some consideration and time.
Armadillo
gridirongreen, and FedEx will get you some charges racked up.
Armadillo
Todd Van Dell, I think the blue whales' hearts are in the right place as well. The other thing you mentioned, that's most likely exaggerated.
Brenda Arnolld
henwalker, perhaps you read the question wrong !!
gridirongreen
Todd Van Dell, if it's more than 8 feet long UPS will charge extra to bring it to you.
Cujo
Two elephants inside a blue whale! And I thought mobile home living was rough.
Honour McKenzie
henwalker, exactly as I read it
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Susan Lake-Harris
The questions says "about", i.e., approximately the same weight as that of a female Asian elephant... but yes, there is a double use of "and" at the end.
henwalker
The question is worded wrong, cause if you read the question, it is asking if the tongue of a blue whale weighs the same as the tongue of a female Asian elephant. Therefore my answer of false is correct! If you do not know how to properly word a question, perhaps it should not be on here!!
Laine Tipton
Anyone else catch the grammar/word error? Last sentence- “And and...” . There should be a comma after 4,000 with the word “and” not capitalized and repeated twice.
Donna Smith
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