🐢 Green sea turtle vs Leatherback sea turtle 🐢
The leatherback sea turtle is about one and a half times as long as the green sea turtle. The leatherback sea turtle weighs about 3 times as much as the green sea turtle.
| Row | 🐢 Green sea turtle | 🐢 Leatherback sea turtle |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The leatherback sea turtle weighs about 3 times as much as the green sea turtle. | 300 to 351 lb136 to 159 kg1 | 750 to 1,000 lb340 to 454 kg2 |
| Lives The green sea turtle usually lives about one and a half times as long as the leatherback sea turtle. | 70 years70 years1 | 50 years50 years2 |
| Eats The green sea turtle eats plants; the leatherback sea turtle eats meat. | seagrass and algae | jellyfish |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | warm seas around the world | oceans around the world, even cold northern seas |
Which one? Green sea turtle or leatherback sea turtle
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the green sea turtle or the leatherback sea turtle 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.