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Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
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Hawksbill sea turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Reptiles · Critically endangered
One clip names both of them
17 views between them.
Green sea turtle outweighs Hawksbill sea turtle 2.4× — 160 kg against 67 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
160 kg
🐢 Green sea turtle · AnAge
67 kg
🐢 Hawksbill sea turtle · AnAge
Maximum lifespan
75 yr
🐢 Green sea turtle · AnAge
45 yr
🐢 Hawksbill sea turtle · ReptTraits
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
حيوانات أمام الكاميرا
مقاطع حقيقية لحيوانات هذا الموقع — تصطاد، وتتقاتل، وتمضي في حياتها.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Cheloniidae (family), home to 21 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.