🐟 Atlantic bluefin tuna vs Great white shark 🦈
The great white shark is about one and a half times as long as the Atlantic bluefin tuna. The great white shark weighs about twice as much as the Atlantic bluefin tuna.
| Row | 🐟 Atlantic bluefin tuna | 🦈 Great white shark |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the Atlantic bluefin tuna yet. | no checked number yet | 35 mph56 km/h1 |
| Weight The great white shark weighs about twice as much as the Atlantic bluefin tuna. | 1 tons910 kg2 | 2 tons1.8 tonnes3 |
| Lives The great white shark usually lives about 3 times as long as the Atlantic bluefin tuna. | 20 years20 years2 | 30 to 70 years30 to 70 years3 |
| Eats The Atlantic bluefin tuna eats fish; the great white shark eats meat. | herring, mackerel, squid and other fish | seals, sea lions, fish and dead whales |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the Atlantic Ocean, from the cold north down to the warm Mediterranean Sea | cool coastal seas around the world |
Which one? Atlantic bluefin tuna or great white shark
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the Atlantic bluefin tuna yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- NOAA Science On a Sphere, checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.