🦈
Bull shark
Carcharhinus leucas
Sharks & rays · Vulnerable
vs
🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
One clip names both of them
442,489 views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs Bull shark 15× — 2,640 kg against 174 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
174 kg
🦈 Bull shark · AnAge
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🦈 Bull shark
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
Body length
2.6 m
🦈 Bull shark · FishBase
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🦈 Bull shark
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
Maximum lifespan
32 yr
🦈 Bull shark · AnAge
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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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.