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The blue whale is erring on a possible usurping for largest animal ever by weight. At the same time, there are still some oddities about them. In a lateral position, Perucetus Colossus has a GPE of 1.8 to 8.6 megajoules (average 5.2 megajoules). For an Eastern North Pacific female, the average length and weight is 22 meters and 100 tonnes. Quick-calcing it using a ruler, I got 14 cm for its length (which is measured from rostrum to tail notch) and 1.8 cm from my computer. This would give the blue whale an average GPE of this much.:
1.8/14*22=2.828571429 meters
100000*9.80665*2.828571429=2773881 joules
At the same time, a blue whale has the KE advantage. A 100-tonne individual can achieve about 9.65 megajoules while Perucetus averages at around 8.5 gigajoules.
The Blue Whale has better range than Perucetus, with a mouth four times larger than Perucetus' mouth, although the Blue Whale primarily filter-fed while Perucetus is presumed to have eaten crustaceans and mollusks on the sea floor and thus would've had the bite force to break clam shells (Upwards 5831 newtons: https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/68/1/32/629897 ). The Blue Whale is also faster than Perucetus, with a speed of upwards 50 km/h while Perucetus would at best be comparable to manatees at upwards 20 mph (32.18688 km/h).
Perucetus may have a slight home-field advantage since it regularly moved in shallow waters while a Blue Whale might wind up offing itself trying to land a hit on Perucetus. Heard of beached whales? Sources vary between 60 and 90 minutes for how long a whale can stay underwater without needing to come up for air, so there's a good idea for a stamina limit.
Standard Battle Assumptions will be used. Of course the SBA page has this: "If extreme advantages are generated via this location to one side, a balanced alternative should be discussed in the thread."
But honestly, you really don't need discussion to know that putting these guys anywhere other than the ocean is a bad idea. Anyway, here are their profiles.:
Blue Whale's Profile
Perucetus Colossus' Profile
Who takes this?
Blue Whale: 0
Perucetus Colossus: 0
Inconclusive: 0
1.8/14*22=2.828571429 meters
100000*9.80665*2.828571429=2773881 joules
At the same time, a blue whale has the KE advantage. A 100-tonne individual can achieve about 9.65 megajoules while Perucetus averages at around 8.5 gigajoules.
The Blue Whale has better range than Perucetus, with a mouth four times larger than Perucetus' mouth, although the Blue Whale primarily filter-fed while Perucetus is presumed to have eaten crustaceans and mollusks on the sea floor and thus would've had the bite force to break clam shells (Upwards 5831 newtons: https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/68/1/32/629897 ). The Blue Whale is also faster than Perucetus, with a speed of upwards 50 km/h while Perucetus would at best be comparable to manatees at upwards 20 mph (32.18688 km/h).
Perucetus may have a slight home-field advantage since it regularly moved in shallow waters while a Blue Whale might wind up offing itself trying to land a hit on Perucetus. Heard of beached whales? Sources vary between 60 and 90 minutes for how long a whale can stay underwater without needing to come up for air, so there's a good idea for a stamina limit.
Standard Battle Assumptions will be used. Of course the SBA page has this: "If extreme advantages are generated via this location to one side, a balanced alternative should be discussed in the thread."
But honestly, you really don't need discussion to know that putting these guys anywhere other than the ocean is a bad idea. Anyway, here are their profiles.:
Blue Whale's Profile
Perucetus Colossus' Profile
Who takes this?
Blue Whale: 0
Perucetus Colossus: 0
Inconclusive: 0