🐦
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Birds · Least concern
vs
🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
2 clips name both of them
3,818 views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs Grey Heron 1830× — 2,640 kg against 1.4 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
1.44 kg
🐦 Grey Heron · AVONET
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐦 Grey Heron
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
Body length
no figure yet
🐦 Grey Heron
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐦 Grey Heron
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
Maximum lifespan
38 yr
🐦 Grey Heron · AnAge
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
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 Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.