Animals size comparison library
From a penguin to a blue whale, meet familiar animals on an unfamiliar scale. Read whether the question asks for height or total body length: they tell very different stories.
12 objects
African elephant
3.96 mheightUpper adult height of 13 feet; females and many males are smaller.
animalsAfrican lion
1.22 mheight4-foot shoulder height in the zoo’s illustrated reference.
animalsBlue whale
33.5 mlengthUp to 110 feet for Antarctic blue whales; an upper size, not a typical adult.
animalsCommon bottlenose dolphin
3.96 mlength13 feet, the upper end of NOAA’s stated adult range.
animalsCommon minke whale
10.7 mlengthUpper body length of 35 feet in NOAA’s species profile.
animalsFin whale
25.9 mlengthUpper body length of 85 feet in NOAA’s species profile.
animalsGiraffe
5.49 mheight18-foot adult male height from the zoo’s reference; individuals vary.
animalsGray whale
14.9 mlengthUpper adult body length of 49 feet in the NOAA profile.
animalsHumpback whale
18.3 mlengthUpper body length of 60 feet in NOAA’s species profile.
animalsKiller whale
9.75 mlengthUpper male body length of 32 feet; sex and population affect size.
animalsOstrich
2.74 mheight9 feet, the upper end of the zoo’s 5.7–9-foot height range.
animalsSei whale
18.3 mlengthUpper adult length of 60 feet; this is a large individual.
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