🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
vs
🐊
Saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
Reptiles · Least concern
One clip names both of them
3,459 views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs Saltwater crocodile 13× — 2,640 kg against 200 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
200 kg
🐊 Saltwater crocodile · AnAge
Shoulder height
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
no figure yet
🐊 Saltwater crocodile
Body length
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
6 m
🐊 Saltwater crocodile · ReptTraits
Top speed
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
no figure yet
🐊 Saltwater crocodile
Maximum lifespan
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
57 yr
🐊 Saltwater crocodile · 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 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.