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Hawksbill sea turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Reptiles · Critically endangered
vs
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Leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Reptiles · Vulnerable
2 clips name both of them
265 views between them.
Leatherback turtle outweighs Hawksbill sea turtle 6.3× — 420 kg against 67 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
67 kg
🐢 Hawksbill sea turtle · AnAge
420 kg
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Maximum lifespan
45 yr
🐢 Hawksbill sea turtle · ReptTraits
30 yr
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Chelonioidea (superfamily), home to 23 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.