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Atlantic goliath grouper
Epinephelus itajara
Fish · Vulnerable
vs
🐿️
Eastern gray squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Mammals · Least concern
One clip names both of them
786 views between them.
Atlantic goliath grouper outweighs Eastern gray squirrel 840× — 455 kg against 0.5 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
455 kg
🐟 Atlantic goliath grouper · FishBase
0.54 kg
🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE
Body length
1.5 m
🐟 Atlantic goliath grouper · FishBase
0.32 m
🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
37 yr
🐟 Atlantic goliath grouper · FishBase
24 yr
🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE
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.