🐋
Orca
Orcinus orca
Marine mammals · Data deficient
vs
🦈
Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
13 clips name both of them
17 million views between them.
Sharks outweigh Orca 1.2× — 5,366 kg against 4,300 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
4,300 kg
🐋 Orca · COMBINE
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
Body length
9.23 m
🐋 Orca · COMBINE
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
Maximum lifespan
100 yr
🐋 Orca · COMBINE
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
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.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Gnathostomata (superclass), home to 90,802 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.