One clip names both of them

11 million views between them.

Human outweighs Grey Heron 43× — 62 kg against 1.4 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

1.44 kg

🐦 Grey Heron · AVONET

62 kg

🧍 Human · AnAge

Top speed

no figure yet

🐦 Grey Heron

38 km/h

🧍 Human

Bite force

no figure yet

🐦 Grey Heron

843 N

🧍 Human

Maximum lifespan

38 yr

🐦 Grey Heron · AnAge

123 yr

🧍 Human · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.

We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.