🐋 Blue whale vs Tyrannosaurus rex 🦖
The blue whale is about 3 times as long as Tyrannosaurus rex. The blue whale weighs about 20 times as much as Tyrannosaurus rex.
| Row | 🐋 Blue whale | 🦖 Tyrannosaurus rex |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for Tyrannosaurus rex yet. | 20 mph32 km/h1 | no checked number yet |
| Weight The blue whale weighs about 20 times as much as Tyrannosaurus rex. | 165 tons150 tonnes1 | 8 to 9 tons7.3 to 8.2 tonnes2 |
| Lives Nobody knows how long a dinosaur lived, so there is nothing to compare. | 80 to 90 years80 to 90 years1 | no checked number yet |
| Eats The blue whale eats tiny floating sea life; Tyrannosaurus rex eats meat. | krill, tiny shrimp-like animals, by the mouthful | other dinosaurs, such as Triceratops and duck-billed dinosaurs |
| Lives in One lived long ago, one lives today: they never met. | every ocean | western North America: Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas |
Which one? Blue whale or Tyrannosaurus rex
🏁 Who would win the race?
Nobody can time a dinosaur, so there is no race. Their bones tell us how big they were, not how fast.
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.
- USDA Forest Service, Dakota Prairie Grasslands: prehistoric animals, checked 30 October 2026.