The Largest Living Thing on Earth

The largest living animal is the Blue Whale.  With an average weight of 110 tons and a maximum weight of 190 tons; this is a huge animal.  With an average length of 79 feet the Blue Whale is the largest animal on Earth.

It is much larger that the African Elephant which is the largest land animal.    Weighing 4.9 tons with a maximum of 12.7 tons the African elephant stands tall at 18 feet tall.

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The largest plant is the General Sherman Giant Sequoia Red Wood Tree in California.  It is the largest single stem tree on Earth.  Standing at 275 feet tall, it is 2300 - 2700 years old.  It has a Diameter of 25 feet and a Bole Volume of 52,513 Cubic Feet.

However this is NOT the largest living thing on Earth.

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The largest single organism on Earth is a Honey Fungus in the Malheur National Forest, in the Blue Mountains of Oregon.  It lives underground; beneath the floor of the forest. This fungus is 2400 years old and takes up 2,200 acres of land.  It is 2.4 miles, or 3.8 kilometers across, at the thickest part.   

This Honey Fungus is the largest living thing on Earth.  It is one of several species of fungi in the Armillaria Genus.  This is one big mushroom.  

facts checked in Wikipedia

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