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Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Carnivores ยท Least concern
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Snakes
Serpentes
Reptiles
average across the group
38 clips name both of them
51 million views between them.
Snakes outweigh Honey badger 7.7ร โ 77.5 kg against 10 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
10 kg
๐ฆก Honey badger ยท COMBINE
77 kg
๐ Snakes ยท group average
Shoulder height
0.26 m
๐ฆก Honey badger
no figure yet
๐ Snakes
Body length
0.73 m
๐ฆก Honey badger ยท COMBINE
3.9 m
๐ Snakes ยท group average
Maximum lifespan
31 yr
๐ฆก Honey badger ยท COMBINE
27 yr
๐ Snakes ยท group average
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site โ hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
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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 โ no dated family tree spans both of them yet.