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A blue whale can weigh as much as 200 short tons (400,000 lbs). An adult blue whale can weigh up to around 180 metric tons (400,000lbs). A blue whale can weigh as much as 200 short tons (400,000 lbs).An adult blue whale can weigh up to around 180 metric tons (400,000lbs). A blue whale calve can weigh up to 2.7 metric tons (almost 6000lbs)
You're looking at a bowhead whale! Bowhead whales are big whales that have a large, curved lower jaw that looks like the bow an archer uses to shoot arrows, which is how it got its name. The largest bowhead whales can weigh more than 60 tons. That's heavier than more than 8 African elephants!