🦈
Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
vs
🧍
Human
Homo sapiens
Primates · Least concern
2 clips name both of them
47 million views between them.
Sharks outweigh Human 86× — 5,366 kg against 62 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
62 kg
🧍 Human · AnAge
Body length
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
no figure yet
🧍 Human
Top speed
no figure yet
🦈 Sharks
38 km/h
🧍 Human
Bite force
no figure yet
🦈 Sharks
843 N
🧍 Human
Maximum lifespan
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
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 Gnathostomata (superclass), home to 90,802 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.