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Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
vs
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Tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
Sharks & rays · Near threatened
23 clips name both of them
215,165 views between them.
Sharks outweigh Tiger shark 12× — 5,366 kg against 444 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
444 kg
🦈 Tiger shark · AnAge
Body length
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
5 m
🦈 Tiger shark · FishBase
Maximum lifespan
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
50 yr
🦈 Tiger 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 Elasmobranchii (subclass), home to 1,595 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.