๐
Snakes
Serpentes
Reptiles
average across the group
vs
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Tiger
Panthera tigris
Carnivores ยท Endangered
2 clips name both of them
12,161 views between them.
Tiger outweighs Snakes 1.7ร โ 129 kg against 77.5 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
77 kg
๐ Snakes ยท group average
129 kg
๐
Tiger ยท COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
๐ Snakes
0.91 m
๐
Tiger
Body length
3.9 m
๐ Snakes ยท group average
2.31 m
๐
Tiger ยท COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
๐ Snakes
54 km/h
๐
Tiger
Bite force
no figure yet
๐ Snakes
1,525 N
๐
Tiger
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
๐ Snakes ยท group average
26 yr
๐
Tiger ยท COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site โ hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived โ no dated family tree spans both of them yet.