One clip names both of them

1.5 million views between them.

Giant Pacific octopus outweighs Emperor penguin 8.1× — 272 kg against 33.6 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

272 kg

🐙 Giant Pacific octopus · SeaLifeBase

34 kg

🐧 Emperor penguin · AVONET

Body length

3 m

🐙 Giant Pacific octopus · SeaLifeBase

1.15 m

🐧 Emperor penguin · SeaLifeBase

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Les animaux pris sur le vif

De vraies images des animaux de ce site — à la chasse, au combat, ou vaquant simplement à leurs occupations.

Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Metazoa (kingdom), home to 1,490,245 species.

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