🐋 Blue whale vs Emperor penguin 🐧
The blue whale is about 30 times as long as the emperor penguin. The blue whale weighs about 3,800 times as much as the emperor penguin.
| Row | 🐋 Blue whale | 🐧 Emperor penguin |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the emperor penguin yet. | 20 mph32 km/h1 | no checked number yet |
| Weight The blue whale weighs about 3,800 times as much as the emperor penguin. | 165 tons150 tonnes1 | 88 lb40 kg2 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the emperor penguin yet. | 80 to 90 years80 to 90 years1 | no checked number yet |
| Eats The blue whale eats tiny floating sea life; the emperor penguin eats fish. | krill, tiny shrimp-like animals, by the mouthful | fish, krill and squid |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | every ocean | the sea ice and seas around Antarctica |
Which one? Blue whale or emperor penguin
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the emperor penguin 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.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, press release 25 Oct 2022, checked 30 October 2026.