Frilled shark is about 1.64× longer by these reference values.
Frilled shark uses a 2 m upper reference, compared with 1.22 m for Horn shark. Frilled shark's weight reference is about 1.50× heavier.
ON THE SAME SCALE
Human. Bus. Whale.
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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
Frilled shark is represented by about 2 m / 6.6 ft; Horn shark by reported to 1.22 m / 4 ft. Deepwater records remain limited. Weight is a rounded adult reference.
Bite evidence
Frilled shark: No standardized maximum is available. 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
Its body plan looks ancient, but living frilled sharks are modern species—not unchanged fossils. Its rear teeth crush hard prey, and its bite mechanics have been tested directly and modeled.
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