Great hammerhead is about 1.11× longer by these reference values.
Great hammerhead uses a 6.1 m upper reference, compared with 5.5 m for Tiger shark. Tiger shark's weight reference is about 2.0× 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
Great hammerhead is represented by reported to 6.1 m / 20 ft; Tiger shark by largest specimens exceed 5.5 m / 18 ft. The comparison uses the largest reported length and a record mass. Both values describe exceptional animals, not an average adult.
Bite evidence
Great hammerhead: Comparative biomechanics exist, but a simple verified maximum is not established here. Tiger shark: Popular figures are often repeated without a traceable species-level method.
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 wide head is a sensory platform, not just an unusual silhouette. Its broad diet is real; an exact maximum bite number is not well established.
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