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Big cats
Pantherinae
Mammals
average across the group
vs
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Leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Reptiles · Vulnerable
One clip names both of them
2.7 million views between them.
Leatherback turtle outweighs Big cats 4.6× — 420 kg against 92 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
92 kg
🐆 Big cats · group average
420 kg
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Shoulder height
0.82 m
🐆 Big cats · group average
no figure yet
🐢 Leatherback turtle
Body length
1.79 m
🐆 Big cats · group average
no figure yet
🐢 Leatherback turtle
Top speed
56 km/h
🐆 Big cats · group average
no figure yet
🐢 Leatherback turtle
Bite force
1,194 N
🐆 Big cats · group average
no figure yet
🐢 Leatherback turtle
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐆 Big cats · group average
30 yr
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
Kamerára vett állatok
Igazi felvételek az oldal állatairól — ahogy vadásznak, ahogy harcolnak, és ahogy egyszerűen csak élnek.
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.