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Common bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Marine mammals Β· Least concern
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Blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Marine mammals Β· Endangered
42 clips name both of them
610,325 views between them.
Blue whale outweighs Common bottlenose dolphin 650Γ β 149,000 kg against 230 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
230 kg
π¬ Common bottlenose dolphin Β· COMBINE
149,000 kg
π Blue whale Β· COMBINE
Body length
3.63 m
π¬ Common bottlenose dolphin Β· COMBINE
30 m
π Blue whale Β· COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
53 yr
π¬ Common bottlenose dolphin Β· COMBINE
110 yr
π Blue whale Β· COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site β hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Cetacea (infraorder), home to 171 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 17 million years ago.
Estimates range from 13 to 22 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).