{"id":9306,"date":"2020-05-02T00:32:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T16:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=9306"},"modified":"2021-07-15T06:17:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T22:17:11","slug":"the-greatest-muscles-in-the-animal-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/the-greatest-muscles-in-the-animal-kingdom.html","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Muscles in the Animal Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]You think you’ve got horsepower in your Lamborghini? \u00a0You got nothing compared to what Mother Nature has conjured in the great whales. \u00a0Having evolved to roam the open ocean their entire lives, sometimes at considerable speed, the great whales have the most impressive drive train in the animal kingdom, capable of producing up to 120 kilo-Newtons of power, or roughly double the thrust of an F-15 fighter jet. \u00a0In particular, the musculature of the peduncle stem, which connects the fluke of the whale to the rest of its body, is the most powerful set of muscles ever devised and for a blue whale<\/a> accounts for about one-third of the whale’s mass. \u00a0Consider that a single adult blue is about as massive as an entire herd of African elephants and you begin to get an \u00a0idea of how huge these muscles are. \u00a0Here are a few images that portray the drive train of a whale, courtesy of several cooperative fin, humpback, blue and southern right whales. \u00a0Cheers and thanks for looking![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”center” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\"Fin<\/a><\/p>\n

Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet.
\nImage ID: 27597<\/a>
\nSpecies: Fin whale<\/a>, Balaenoptera physalus<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging for food.
\nImage ID: 27341<\/a>
\nSpecies: Blue whale<\/a>, Balaenoptera musculus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Dana Point<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Adult<\/a><\/p>\n

Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next.
\nImage ID: 02794<\/a>
\nSpecies: Humpback whale<\/a>, Megaptera novaeangliae<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Maui<\/a>, Hawaii<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

A humpback whale raises it fluke out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance.
\nImage ID: 27142<\/a>
\nSpecies: Humpback whale<\/a>, Megaptera novaeangliae<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Del Mar<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Southern<\/a><\/p>\n

Southern right whale mother and calf, flukes, Eubalaena australis, Argentina
\nImage ID: 35924<\/a>
\nSpecies: Southern Right Whale<\/a>, Eubalaena australis<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Puerto Piramides<\/a>, Chubut<\/a>, Argentina<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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