🐢 Leatherback sea turtle vs Ocean sunfish 🐡
The ocean sunfish is about one and a half times as long as the leatherback sea turtle. The ocean sunfish weighs about 6 times as much as the leatherback sea turtle.
| Row | 🐢 Leatherback sea turtle | 🐡 Ocean sunfish |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the leatherback sea turtle yet. | no checked number yet | 14 mph22 km/h1 |
| Weight The ocean sunfish weighs about 6 times as much as the leatherback sea turtle. | 750 to 1,000 lb340 to 454 kg2 | 2.5 tons2.3 tonnes3 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the ocean sunfish yet. | 50 years50 years2 | no checked number yet |
| Eats Both eat meat. | jellyfish | jellyfish, small fish and squid |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | oceans around the world, even cold northern seas | warm and mild seas all over the world |
Which one? Leatherback sea turtle or ocean sunfish
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for 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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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/leatherback-sea-turtle-vs-ocean-sunfish
Where these numbers come from
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Acadia National Park, checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, Olympic Coast, checked 30 October 2026.