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Detailed explanation-1: -Next to the blue whale, the fin whale is the second largest mammal in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fin whale is the second largest animal to ever live, in the entire history of Earth. Reaching lengths of at least 85 feet (26 m) and weights of 80 tons, this species is second only to its close relative, the blue whale.

Detailed explanation-3: -The second animal on earth would be the jellyfish, it existed even 505 million years ago. New fossil evidence of jellyfish goes back over half a billion years.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the biggest animal on the planet, weighing up to 400,000 pounds (approximately 33 elephants) and reaching up to 98 feet in length.

Detailed explanation-5: -After elephants and white rhinos, hippos are the third-largest living land animal.