🧍
Human
Homo sapiens
Primates · Least concern
vs
🦎
Green iguana
Iguana iguana
Reptiles · Least concern
One clip names both of them
121 views between them.
Human outweighs Green iguana 41× — 62 kg against 1.5 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
62 kg
🧍 Human · AnAge
1.53 kg
🦎 Green iguana · AnAge
Top speed
38 km/h
🧍 Human
no figure yet
🦎 Green iguana
Bite force
843 N
🧍 Human
no figure yet
🦎 Green iguana
Maximum lifespan
123 yr
🧍 Human · AnAge
20 yr
🦎 Green iguana · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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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 — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.