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Blue whale outweighs Harbour seal 1580× — 149,000 kg against 94.3 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

94 kg

🦭 Harbour seal · COMBINE

149,000 kg

🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE

Body length

1.81 m

🦭 Harbour seal · COMBINE

30 m

🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

48 yr

🦭 Harbour seal · COMBINE

110 yr

🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Dieren voor de camera

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.

We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.