🐊
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦎
Komodo dragon
Varanus komodoensis
Reptiles · Endangered
2 clips name both of them
126,987 views between them.
Level on mass: Nile crocodile 94.2 kg, Komodo dragon 87 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
94 kg
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
87 kg
🦎 Komodo dragon · AnAge
Body length
5 m
🐊 Nile crocodile · ReptTraits
no figure yet
🦎 Komodo dragon
Top speed
9.86 km/h
🐊 Nile crocodile
no figure yet
🦎 Komodo dragon
Bite force
3,043 N
🐊 Nile crocodile
149 N
🦎 Komodo dragon
Maximum lifespan
56 yr
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
62 yr
🦎 Komodo dragon · 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.