§ Comparison

West African giraffe or Great white shark.

Weight

830–1,200 kgsaharaconservation.org

2,041–2,268 kgfisheries.noaa.gov

Length

4.44–5.05 mielc.libguides.com

3.6–6.4 mfloridamuseum.ufl.edu

Top speed

56 km/hanimals.sandiegozoo.org

24.1 km/hen.wikipedia.org

Lifespan

30 yearsgiraffeconservation.org

70 yearsfisheries.noaa.gov

Sexual maturity

4 yearsen.wikipedia.org

26 yearsfisheries.noaa.gov

Gestation

400–460 daysen.wikipedia.org

365–548 dayssaveourseas.com

Young per litter

1theanimalfacts.com

2–10en.wikipedia.org

Clutches per year

0.6scienceinsights.org

0.5en.wikipedia.org

Population

600 individualsgiraffeconservation.org

130–275 individualsregionalpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Habitat

Lives on the grounden.wikipedia.org

Lives in the seafisheries.noaa.gov

Diet

Eats leavesen.wikipedia.org

Eats meatfisheries.noaa.gov

Social life

Moves in a herden.wikipedia.org

Goes it aloneen.wikipedia.org

Body covering

Has furnationalgeographic.com

Is covered in plateses.wikipedia.org

Pattern

Has spotsnationalgeographic.com

Is dark above and pale belowes.wikipedia.org

Shelter

Sleeps in the opennationalgeographic.com

Sleeps in the openfisheries.noaa.gov

Territoriality

Does not defend a territorydoi.org

Does not defend a territoryen.wikipedia.org

At birth

Is born nearly ready to walkscienceinsights.org

Is born nearly ready to walkfloridamuseum.ufl.edu