🐊
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🧍
Human
Homo sapiens
Primates · Least concern
4 clips name both of them
2.1 million views between them.
Nile crocodile outweighs Human 1.5× — 94.2 kg against 62 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
94 kg
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
62 kg
🧍 Human · AnAge
Body length
5 m
🐊 Nile crocodile · ReptTraits
no figure yet
🧍 Human
Top speed
9.86 km/h
🐊 Nile crocodile
38 km/h
🧍 Human
Bite force
3,043 N
🐊 Nile crocodile
843 N
🧍 Human
Maximum lifespan
56 yr
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
123 yr
🧍 Human · 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 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.