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Feedback's proposal that the genome of the blue whale could be used to communicate the scale of large datasets is knocked back by a reader with a radical alternative suggestion 7 May 2025 ...

The blue whale, a majestic leviathan of the deep, holds the prestigious title of being the largest animal ever known to have existed in the history of life on Earth. These oceanic giants capture the ...