📏 The 10 longest animals on Peabody

The top ten

1. 🐋 Blue whale · 110 ft34 m1maximum, Antarctic blue whales
2. 🐋 Sperm whale · 40 to 52 ft12 to 16 m2females to males
3. 🐋 Humpback whale · 46 to 49 ft14 to 15 m3
4. 🦈 Whale shark · 40 ft12 m4the most, by some estimates
5. 🐍 Green anaconda · 26 ft8 m5large females
6. 🐳 Orca · 23 to 26 ft7 to 7.9 m6typical adult
7. 🐟 Giant manta ray · 26 ft7.9 m7wingspan, the most measured
8. 🦈 Great white shark · 20 ft6.1 m8
9. 🐊 Saltwater crocodile · 20 ft6.1 m9a maximum, not a typical adult
10. 🐋 Narwhal · 13 to 18 ft4 to 5.5 m10tusk not included

How this list is ranked

Ranked by the longest length each animal's source gives, nose to tail tip.

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1. NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
2. NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
3. National Park Service, Kenai Fjords National Park, checked 30 October 2026.
4. NOAA National Ocean Service, checked 30 October 2026.
5. US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: green anaconda profile, checked 30 October 2026.
6. National Park Service, Kenai Fjords National Park, checked 30 October 2026.
7. NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
8. NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
9. US Fish and Wildlife Service rule, Federal Register 24 June 1996 (govinfo.gov), checked 30 October 2026.
10. NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.