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.

カメラがとらえた動物たち

このサイトに登場する動物の実際の映像——狩り、けんか、そしてふだんの暮らしぶりまでそろっています。

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.