🦎
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦈
Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
2 clips name both of them
1.1 million views between them.
Sharks outweigh American alligator 36× — 5,366 kg against 150 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
150 kg
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
Body length
4.6 m
🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
Maximum lifespan
77 yr
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Gnathostomata (superclass), home to 90,802 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.