One clip names both of them

1,185 views between them.

Humpback whale outweighs Minke whale 4.0× — 30,000 kg against 7,500 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

30,000 kg

🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE

7,500 kg

🐾 Minke whale · COMBINE

Body length

14 m

🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE

7.86 m

🐾 Minke whale · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

95 yr

🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE

50 yr

🐾 Minke whale · 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 Cetacea (infraorder), home to 171 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 5.1 million years ago.

Estimates range from 3.4 to 7.4 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).