🐊
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦁
Lion
Panthera leo
Carnivores · Vulnerable
25 clips name both of them
32 million views between them.
Lion outweighs Nile crocodile 1.6× — 149 kg against 94.2 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
94 kg
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
149 kg
🦁 Lion · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐊 Nile crocodile
1.15 m
🦁 Lion
Body length
5 m
🐊 Nile crocodile · ReptTraits
2.17 m
🦁 Lion · COMBINE
Top speed
9.86 km/h
🐊 Nile crocodile
55 km/h
🦁 Lion
Bite force
3,043 N
🐊 Nile crocodile
1,768 N
🦁 Lion
Maximum lifespan
56 yr
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
30 yr
🦁 Lion · 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.