🐊
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🐊
Gharial
Gavialis gangeticus
Reptiles · Critically endangered
9 clips name both of them
1.3 million views between them.
Gharial outweighs Nile crocodile 1.6× — 153 kg against 94.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
94 kg
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
153 kg
🐊 Gharial · AnAge
Body length
5 m
🐊 Nile crocodile · ReptTraits
6 m
🐊 Gharial · ReptTraits
Top speed
9.86 km/h
🐊 Nile crocodile
no figure yet
🐊 Gharial
Bite force
3,043 N
🐊 Nile crocodile
no figure yet
🐊 Gharial
Maximum lifespan
56 yr
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
59 yr
🐊 Gharial · AnAge
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 Sauria (order), home to 32,042 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.