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Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
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Leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Reptiles · Vulnerable
2 clips name both of them
1,965 views between them.
Leatherback turtle outweighs Green sea turtle 2.6× — 420 kg against 160 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
160 kg
🐢 Green sea turtle · AnAge
420 kg
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Maximum lifespan
75 yr
🐢 Green sea turtle · AnAge
30 yr
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animais flagrados pela câmera
Imagens reais dos animais deste site — caçando, brigando e levando a vida.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Chelonioidea (superfamily), home to 23 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.