🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
vs
🧍
Human
Homo sapiens
Primates · Least concern
4 clips name both of them
24 million views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs Human 43× — 2,640 kg against 62 kg.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Hippopotamus
1.47 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
Tale of the tape
Body mass
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
62 kg
🧍 Human · AnAge
Shoulder height
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
no figure yet
🧍 Human
Body length
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
no figure yet
🧍 Human
Top speed
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
38 km/h
🧍 Human
Bite force
no figure yet
🦛 Hippopotamus
843 N
🧍 Human
Maximum lifespan
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
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.
카메라에 담긴 동물들
이 사이트에 실린 동물들의 실제 영상 — 사냥하고, 싸우고, 그냥 하루를 살아가는 모습까지 담았어요.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.