4 clips name both of them

448,153 views between them.

Humpback whale outweighs Orca 7.0× — 30,000 kg against 4,300 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

30,000 kg

🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE

4,300 kg

🐋 Orca · COMBINE

Body length

14 m

🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE

9.23 m

🐋 Orca · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

95 yr

🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE

100 yr

🐋 Orca · 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 17 million years ago.

Estimates range from 13 to 22 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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