🐊
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦌
Red deer
Cervus elaphus
Mammals · Least concern
7 clips name both of them
46 million views between them.
Red deer outweighs Nile crocodile 1.7× — 160 kg against 94.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
94 kg
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
160 kg
🦌 Red deer · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐊 Nile crocodile
1.13 m
🦌 Red deer
Body length
5 m
🐊 Nile crocodile · ReptTraits
2.14 m
🦌 Red deer · COMBINE
Top speed
9.86 km/h
🐊 Nile crocodile
no figure yet
🦌 Red deer
Bite force
3,043 N
🐊 Nile crocodile
no figure yet
🦌 Red deer
Maximum lifespan
56 yr
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
31 yr
🦌 Red deer · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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 Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.