🦎
Alligator snapping turtle
Macrochelys temminckii
Reptiles · Endangered
vs
🐢
Leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Reptiles · Vulnerable
One clip names both of them
362 views between them.
Leatherback turtle outweighs Alligator snapping turtle 7.2× — 420 kg against 58.5 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
59 kg
🦎 Alligator snapping turtle · AnAge
420 kg
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Maximum lifespan
70 yr
🦎 Alligator snapping turtle · AnAge
30 yr
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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이 사이트에 실린 동물들의 실제 영상 — 사냥하고, 싸우고, 그냥 하루를 살아가는 모습까지 담았어요.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Cryptodira (suborder), home to 703 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.