🐋 Beluga whale vs Bottlenose dolphin 🐬
The beluga whale is about one and a half times as long as the bottlenose dolphin. The beluga whale weighs about 4 times as much as the bottlenose dolphin.
| Row | 🐋 Beluga whale | 🐬 Bottlenose dolphin |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The beluga whale weighs about 4 times as much as the bottlenose dolphin. | 1.6 tons1.4 tonnes1 | 300 to 1,400 lb136 to 635 kg2 |
| Lives The beluga whale usually lives about twice as long as the bottlenose dolphin. | 90 years90 years1 | 40 to 60 years40 to 60 years2 |
| Eats Both eat fish. | fish such as cod and salmon, plus shrimp and crabs | fish, squid and shrimp |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the Arctic Ocean and cold seas nearby, off Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia | warm and mild seas all over the world, near the shore and far out |
Which one? Beluga whale or bottlenose dolphin
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the beluga whale or the bottlenose dolphin 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 Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.