🦅
Philippine Eagle
Pithecophaga jefferyi
Birds · Critically endangered
vs
🦈
Whale shark
Rhincodon typus
Sharks & rays · Endangered
One clip names both of them
223,599 views between them.
Whale shark outweighs Philippine Eagle 3610× — 18,700 kg against 5.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
5.18 kg
🦅 Philippine Eagle · AVONET
18,700 kg
🦈 Whale shark · AnAge
Body length
no figure yet
🦅 Philippine Eagle
10 m
🦈 Whale shark · FishBase
Maximum lifespan
41 yr
🦅 Philippine Eagle · AnAge
54 yr
🦈 Whale shark · 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 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.