How come dinosaurs like the titanosaur grow to such large size, when animals like the elephant cant grow larger due to the square cube law?

Question

As far as i know, there arent bigger animals around today due to the square-cube law, and yet their were dinosaurs the size of whales on land?

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Answer 1

Small correction: the blue whale is the largest animal ever on earth so there weren’t dinosaurs the size of whales when you talk about the extremes of both.