🐊
Gharial
Gavialis gangeticus
Reptiles · Critically endangered
vs
🧍
Human
Homo sapiens
Primates · Least concern
One clip names both of them
35,039 views between them.
Gharial outweighs Human 2.5× — 153 kg against 62 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
153 kg
🐊 Gharial · AnAge
62 kg
🧍 Human · AnAge
Body length
6 m
🐊 Gharial · ReptTraits
no figure yet
🧍 Human
Top speed
no figure yet
🐊 Gharial
38 km/h
🧍 Human
Bite force
no figure yet
🐊 Gharial
843 N
🧍 Human
Maximum lifespan
59 yr
🐊 Gharial · 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.