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It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as The Heart of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Heart of a Blue Whale is about 14 slugs.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
(for a 2014 specimen)
The heart of a blue whale weighs about 14 slugs. These hearts pump an estimated 7,100 L (1,875 gal) of blood through the whale's massive body.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a cubic meter of Snow
The weight of a cubic meter of Snow is about 16 slugs.
(Freshly fallen, standard conditions; measurements taken in Norway, 1965-68)
One cubic meter of freshly fallen snow under standard conditions weighs an average of 16 slugs. Assembled in 2008, the world record largest snowman was constructed of 400,000 slugs of snow and stood 37.21 m (122.1 ft) tall.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Pig
The weight of a Pig is about 17 slugs.
(Domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus, a.k.a. S. domesticus) (adult)
Domestic pigs weigh between 17 slugs. The titular character "Babe the pig" in the 1995 family film was played by 48 different American Yorkshire piglets due to the length of filming and the rate at which piglets reach adulthood.
It's about one-two-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Horse
The weight of a Horse is about 29 slugs.
(Equus ferus caballus) (Arabian, adult)
n Arabian riding horse (or similar breed) weighs between 29 slugs. During races, horses must carry jockeys and their equipment, which in the Kentucky Derby, for example, can weigh up to 3.70 slugs.
It's about one-three-thousandth as heavy as a Grand Piano
The weight of a Grand Piano is about 31 slugs.
(for Steinway & Sons, Model D Concert Grand Piano)
A Grand Piano, of the kind used for concert performances in large music halls, weighs 31 slugs. Well-made pianos such as this may last 75 to 100 years.
It's about one-three-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Polar Bear
The weight of a Polar Bear is about 35.40 slugs.
(Ursus maritimus) (adult, male)
An adult, male polar bear weighs between 35.40 slugs. Polar bears are so heavily insulated by their 9.9 cm (3.9 in) layer of blubber that they are often difficult to detect using infrared photography sensors.
It's about one-three-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Grizzly Bear
The weight of a Grizzly Bear is about 35.70 slugs.
(a.k.a. brown bear, a.k.a. silver bear, Ursus arctos horribilis) (Adult, male, coastal area population average)
An adult, male grizzly bear from a coastal area (where food is plentiful) can weigh up to 35.70 slugs. In spite of their tremendous size, grizzly bears can run at speeds of up to 55 kph (34 mph).
It's about one-four-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Cow
The weight of a Cow is about 47 slugs.
(for Holstein, a.k.a. Holstein Friesian, a.k.a. Friesian, Bos primigenius) (adult, heifer)
A mature Holstein cow (the well-known black-and-white, spotted breed of cow) typically weighs 47 slugs. President William Howard Taft (1909 - 1913) kept a Holstein cow named Pauline Wayne on the White House grounds — a gift from a Wisconsin senator and the source of the First Family's milk.
It's about 7,500 times as heavy as a Grain of Rice
The weight of a Grain of Rice is about 0.00000140 slugs.
(conventional; US; long-, medium-, and short-gran varieties; uncooked)
With great differences in variety, the average among a sampling of common short-, medium- and long-grain rices finds that a single grain weighs about 0.00000140 slugs before cooking. A staple through most of human history, archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest rice cultivation was about 11,500 years ago.
It's about one-ten-thousandth as heavy as a Car
The weight of a Car is about 113.20 slugs.
(for 2009 Ford Taurus) (curb weight)
A 2009 Ford Taurus weighs 113.20 slugs. The first mass-produced car, the Curved Dash Oldsmobile — introduced in 1901 — weighed just 26.450 slugs.
It's about one-ten-thousandth as heavy as a Giraffe
The weight of a Giraffe is about 132 slugs.
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) (adult, male, maximum of range)
An adult, male giraffe can weigh up to 132 slugs. Reaching 5.5 m (18 ft) in height by adulthood, giraffe calves can grow as much as 3 cm (1 in) per day.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as heavy as a Rhinoceros
The weight of a Rhinoceros is about 140 slugs.
(for Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis) (Adult, male)
An adult black rhinoceros weighs between 140 slugs. Rhinoceros are extremely aggressive — nearly one of every two males will die as a result of fighting with other rhinoceros.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as heavy as The Tongue of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale is about 190 slugs.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
The tongue of a Blue Whale can weigh up to 190 slugs. Despite their tremendous size, blue whales feed almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans called krill and cannot swallow anything much larger than a beach ball.
It's about one-twenty-five-thousandth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 260 slugs.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 260 slugs. Appearances to the contrary, adult hippos cannot swim or float in water; they actually move by leaping and walking across lake bottoms at about 8 kph (5 mph).
It's about 35,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sand
The weight of a Grain of Sand is about 0.000000300 slugs.
(medium grain)
With tremendous variety in the size of grain and the component material, grains of sand weigh an average of 0.000000300 slugs. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 15.10 m (49.55 ft) in height.
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