🐟 Great barracuda vs Honey badger 🦡
The great barracuda is about 3 times as long as the honey badger. The great barracuda weighs about 5 times as much as the honey badger.
Getting the animals ready…
| Row | 🐟 Great barracuda | 🦡 Honey badger |
|---|---|---|
| Size The great barracuda is about 3 times as long as the honey badger. | 6.6 ft2 m1 | 24 to 28 in60 to 70 cm2 |
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The great barracuda weighs about 5 times as much as the honey badger. | 110 lb50 kg1 | 18 to 26 lb8 to 12 kg2 |
| Lives The great barracuda usually lives about twice as long as the honey badger. | 18 years18 years1 | 7 to 8 years7 to 8 years2 |
| Eats The great barracuda eats fish; the honey badger eats plants and animals. | fish, squid and sometimes shrimp | eggs, small rodents, snakes, birds and frogs |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | warm shallow seas near the surface, in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans | forests, grassland, rocky hills and deserts across most of Africa south of the Sahara and on the Arabian Peninsula |
Which one? Great barracuda or honey badger
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the great barracuda or the honey badger 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. Our face-off books compare real numbers, and nobody gets hurt.
10 things to know about Great barracuda vs Honey badger
- The great barracuda: A long, slim fish of warm shallow seas.
- The honey badger: A short, strong animal from Africa and Asia that eats eggs, snakes and more.
- They are different kinds of animal. The great barracuda is a fish, so it breathes with gills; the honey badger is a mammal, so it breathes air with lungs and feeds its babies milk.
- The great barracuda is about 3 times as long as the honey badger: 1 against 2.
- The great barracuda weighs about 5 times as much as the honey badger. That is 1 for the great barracuda and 2 for the honey badger.
- The great barracuda usually lives about twice as long as the honey badger. Usual lifespans: 1 for the great barracuda and 2 for the honey badger.
- The great barracuda eats fish, squid and sometimes shrimp. The honey badger eats eggs, small rodents, snakes, birds and frogs.
- The great barracuda lives in warm shallow seas near the surface, in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The honey badger lives in forests, grassland, rocky hills and deserts across most of Africa south of the Sahara and on the Arabian Peninsula. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
- The great barracuda: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 3
- The honey badger: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 4
Wow facts
🐟 Great barracuda
- A great barracuda lives in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
- It stays near the surface in shallow water.
- It eats fish, squid and sometimes shrimp.
🦡 Honey badger
- A honey badger lives in forests, grassland and deserts.
- A male can walk a long way in one day looking for food.
- It eats eggs, small rodents, snakes, birds and frogs.
Questions kids ask about Great barracuda and Honey badger
Which is bigger, great barracuda or honey badger?
The great barracuda is about 3 times as long as the honey badger: 1 against 2.
Which is heavier, great barracuda or honey badger?
The great barracuda weighs about 5 times as much as the honey badger. That is 1 for the great barracuda and 2 for the honey badger.
Which lives longer, great barracuda or honey badger?
The great barracuda usually lives about twice as long as the honey badger. Usual lifespans: 1 for the great barracuda and 2 for the honey badger.
What do great barracuda and honey badger eat?
The great barracuda eats fish, squid and sometimes shrimp. The honey badger eats eggs, small rodents, snakes, birds and frogs.
Where do great barracuda and honey badger live?
The great barracuda lives in warm shallow seas near the surface, in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The honey badger lives in forests, grassland, rocky hills and deserts across most of Africa south of the Sahara and on the Arabian Peninsula. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
Who would win, great barracuda or honey badger?
We never show fights, because a fight is not a fair way to compare animals. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. What we can compare is how big, how heavy, how fast, how long they live and what they eat, as above.
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Where these numbers come from
- FishBase, Sphyraena barracuda (great barracuda), checked 10 November 2026.
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Mellivora capensis (honey badger), checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.