The chances of ever seeing the colossal organ belonging to the world’s biggest mammal close up were previously slim – until the carcass of the one washed up on the beach in Canada
These incredible pictures show that the vital organ responsible for keeping the world’s biggest mammal alive is so large it’s comparable to the size of a small car.
The heart of the Blue Whale weighs a whopping 440 pounds – making it almost as big as a Smart Car .
Indeed, it’s more than 660 times bigger than the human heart.
The chances of ever seeing the colossal organ close up were previously slim – until the carcass of the enormous mammal washed up on the beach in Canada.
Now those curious to see the mammoth mammal’s heart up close, can, if they travel to a the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
The heart was retrieved from the carcass of a whale which washed up on the shore of Newfoundland, Canada, in 2014.
Scientists managed to salvage the gigantic organ from a Blue Whale when it washed up on the shore of Newfoundland in 2014.
The colossal organ weighs in at a whopping 440 pounds and is almost as big as a Smartcar
The heart was in such good condition that it was a perfect candidate for preservation via Plastination
It was in such good condition that specialist scientists called Mammalogists preserved the organ.
The huge heart is now being displayed until September 4th this year
