2 clips name both of them

31,636 views between them.

Blue whale outweighs Sperm whale 15× — 149,000 kg against 10,100 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

10,100 kg

🐾 Sperm whale · COMBINE

149,000 kg

🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE

Body length

11 m

🐾 Sperm whale · COMBINE

30 m

🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

100 yr

🐾 Sperm whale · COMBINE

110 yr

🐋 Blue whale · 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 Cetacea (infraorder), home to 171 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 17 million years ago.

Estimates range from 13 to 22 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).