🦈
Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
vs
🦓
Plains zebra
Equus quagga
Mammals · Near threatened
One clip names both of them
216 views between them.
Sharks outweigh Plains zebra 19× — 5,366 kg against 290 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
290 kg
🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE
Body length
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
2.54 m
🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
40 yr
🦓 Plains zebra · 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 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.