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Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
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Leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Reptiles · Vulnerable
2 clips name both of them
1,965 views between them.
Leatherback turtle outweighs Green sea turtle 2.6× — 420 kg against 160 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
160 kg
🐢 Green sea turtle · AnAge
420 kg
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Maximum lifespan
75 yr
🐢 Green sea turtle · AnAge
30 yr
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
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 Chelonioidea (superfamily), home to 23 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.