🐢 Mojave desert tortoise vs Green anaconda 🐍
The green anaconda is about 30 times as long as the Mojave desert tortoise. The green anaconda weighs about 50 times as much as the Mojave desert tortoise.
| Row | 🐢 Mojave desert tortoise | 🐍 Green anaconda |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The green anaconda weighs about 50 times as much as the Mojave desert tortoise. | 7.9 to 15 lb3.6 to 6.8 kg1 | 551 lb250 kg2 |
| Lives The Mojave desert tortoise usually lives about 7 times as long as the green anaconda. | 50 to 80 years50 to 80 years1 | 10 years10 years2 |
| Eats The Mojave desert tortoise eats plants; the green anaconda eats meat. | grasses, wildflowers and cactus pads | fish, birds, turtles, capybaras and other animals near the water |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | the Mojave Desert of California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah | the swamps, slow rivers and rainforests of tropical South America |
Which one? Mojave desert tortoise or green anaconda
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the Mojave desert tortoise or the green anaconda 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
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, species profile, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Green anaconda, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: green anaconda profile, checked 30 October 2026.