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The world’s largest organism - Alex Rosenthal

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The largest animal in the world is the blue whale, which weighs a massive 150 metric tons. Even so, it’s not remotely close to being the largest organism by weight. That title goes to an organism so huge that it’s estimated to weigh the equivalent of 40 blue whales. So what is this behemoth? And… where is it? Alex Rosenthal shares the story of the enormous and ancient Pando.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Alex Rosenthal
Director
Lisa LaBracio
Narrator
Jack Cutmore-Scott
Music
André Aires
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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