🦎
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦡
Giant otter
Pteronura brasiliensis
Carnivores · Endangered
One clip names both of them
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American alligator outweighs Giant otter 6.3× — 150 kg against 24 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
150 kg
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
24 kg
🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE
Body length
4.6 m
🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits
1.27 m
🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
77 yr
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
17 yr
🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
镜头下的动物
站内动物的实拍影像——捕猎、打斗,还有各自过日子的样子。
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.