Horn shark is about 1.14× longer by these reference values.
Horn shark uses a 1.22 m upper reference, compared with 1.07 m for Epaulette shark. Horn shark's weight reference is about 3.3× heavier.
ON THE SAME SCALE
Human. Bus. Whale.
Pick your reference.
Length bars use upper comparison values and do not show body depth, tail proportion or typical adult size. A long thresher tail, for example, does not equal whale-shark body mass.
THE NUMBERS
Side by side.
WHAT THE DATA CAN SAY
Size is not the whole animal.
Length and weight
Epaulette shark is represented by reported to 1.07 m / 3.5 ft; Horn shark by reported to 1.22 m / 4 ft. Mass varies strongly with size and is shown only as a reference. Weight is a rounded adult reference.
Bite evidence
Epaulette shark: No standardized maximum is used. Horn shark: Experiments also measured bites; the displayed range is the study's theoretical maximum from front to rear teeth.
Living versus extinct
Both species are living, but record-sized individuals are rare. These upper references should not be read as normal adult size.
Ecology changes the matchup
It can use its fins to walk across reef flats and tolerate low oxygen. Its rear teeth crush hard prey, and its bite mechanics have been tested directly and modeled.
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