🐊
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
12 clips name both of them
24 million views between them.
Elephant outweighs Nile crocodile 48× — 4,565 kg against 94.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
94 kg
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐊 Nile crocodile
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
Body length
5 m
🐊 Nile crocodile · ReptTraits
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Top speed
9.86 km/h
🐊 Nile crocodile
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
Bite force
3,043 N
🐊 Nile crocodile
no figure yet
🐘 Elephant
Maximum lifespan
56 yr
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · 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.
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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.