🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
vs
🐚
Northern giant hornet
Vespa mandarinia
Invertebrates
One clip names both of them
3.9 million views between them.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
no figure yet
🐚 Northern giant hornet
Shoulder height
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
no figure yet
🐚 Northern giant hornet
Body length
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
no figure yet
🐚 Northern giant hornet
Top speed
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
no figure yet
🐚 Northern giant hornet
Maximum lifespan
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
no figure yet
🐚 Northern giant hornet
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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 Metazoa (kingdom), home to 1,490,245 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.