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Only 2.5 meters: here is the miniature whale discovered in the heart of the Egyptian desert
27 June 2026 FR futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated View in original language

Only 2.5 meters: here is the miniature whale discovered in the heart of the Egyptian desert

fossil discovery

2.5 meters, 187 kilos: here is the smallest whale ever identified. 41 million years old, this tiny fossil resurfaced in the middle of the Egyptian desert. It says a lot about this period during which the ancestors of cetaceans left the land for the ocean. 

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