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Hawksbill sea turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Reptiles · Critically endangered
vs
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Leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Reptiles · Vulnerable
2 clips name both of them
265 views between them.
Leatherback turtle outweighs Hawksbill sea turtle 6.3× — 420 kg against 67 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
67 kg
🐢 Hawksbill sea turtle · AnAge
420 kg
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Maximum lifespan
45 yr
🐢 Hawksbill sea turtle · ReptTraits
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.