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Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
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Hawksbill sea turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Reptiles · Critically endangered
One clip names both of them
17 views between them.
Green sea turtle outweighs Hawksbill sea turtle 2.4× — 160 kg against 67 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
160 kg
🐢 Green sea turtle · AnAge
67 kg
🐢 Hawksbill sea turtle · AnAge
Maximum lifespan
75 yr
🐢 Green sea turtle · AnAge
45 yr
🐢 Hawksbill sea turtle · ReptTraits
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 Cheloniidae (family), home to 21 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.