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(04-14-2022, 01:39 AM)callmejoe9 Wrote: So I did some research. It turns out their may be a lot more weight data than we thought. According to Mikhalev, weights were recorded for about 95 specimens were taken by Soviet whalers. He provides a regression based off this data, but leaves no appendix. All we have is his max and min values. The max includes a data point for a 8.6m male that weighed 9.9 tonnes. He cites a few studies from Sleptstov for part of the dataset, but I couldn't find anything. I am gonna keep looking and here's the regression Mikhalev left.
Weight (tonnes)= 0.0183(Length in meters)^2.938
I will update my comparative image with this information.