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Orca vs Blue whale Size

Using the game’s measurements, an orca has approximately 0.2676× the length of a blue whale.

One shared scale · length against length
Blue whale29.9 m
length
Orca8 m
length

The bars compare the named dimensions, not area, volume or weight.

The relationship

0.2676× the reference size.

A large orca is only around one quarter the length of a record-size blue whale.

Both animals appear enormous beside a person, but a shared end-to-end length scale makes their difference much easier to remember.

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What the measurements include

The game uses an 8 m large orca and an upper-end 29.9 m blue whale. Sex, age, population and the particular individual affect real measurements.

Orca

8 m · length

A representative large adult; individual lengths vary.

NOAA: Killer whale ↗

Blue whale

29.9 m · length

An upper-end body length, not the average size of all blue whales.

NOAA: Blue whale ↗

Why photos can fool your sense of scale

Distance from the camera, lens choice and cropping change how large an object appears. Check the named measurement before comparing images. The bars above put both measurements on the same numerical scale, so a longer bar corresponds to the same multiple of the stated dimension.

Read all measurement conventions and artwork credits

Another way to see the scale.