🐊
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
57 clips name both of them
101 million views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs Nile crocodile 28× — 2,640 kg against 94.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
94 kg
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐊 Nile crocodile
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
Body length
5 m
🐊 Nile crocodile · ReptTraits
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Top speed
9.86 km/h
🐊 Nile crocodile
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
Bite force
3,043 N
🐊 Nile crocodile
no figure yet
🦛 Hippopotamus
Maximum lifespan
56 yr
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · 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
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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.