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Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus
Birds · Least concern
vs
🐍
Snakes
Serpentes
Reptiles
average across the group
One clip names both of them
7 million views between them.
Snakes outweigh Peregrine falcon 100× — 77.5 kg against 0.8 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
0.76 kg
🦅 Peregrine falcon · AVONET
77 kg
🐍 Snakes · group average
Body length
no figure yet
🦅 Peregrine falcon
3.9 m
🐍 Snakes · group average
Maximum lifespan
25 yr
🦅 Peregrine falcon · AnAge
27 yr
🐍 Snakes · group average
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 Sauria (order), home to 32,042 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.