From whales to larvae, study finds common principles at work in swimming

Monday, September 15, 2014 - 09:31 in Biology & Nature

At nearly 100 feet long and weighing as much as 170 tons, the blue whale is the largest creature on the planet, and by far the heaviest living thing ever seen on Earth. So there's no way it could have anything in common with the tiniest fish larvae, which measure millimeters in length and tip the scales at a fraction of a gram, right?

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