How heavy is 456 carats?
It's about one-forty-thousandth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 19,000,000 carats.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 18,000,000 carats. 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 one-sixty-five-thousandth as heavy as an Elephant
The weight of an Elephant is about 29,000,000 carats.
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 30,000,000 carats. Among African elephants, both males and females have tusks (whereas female Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, do not have tusks) which can grow to 3 m (10 ft) and typically weigh about 19,000,000 carats
It's about one-ninety-five-thousandth as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex
The weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 42,900,000 carats.
(for FMNH PR 2081, a.k.a. "Sue") (a.k.a. Tyrannosaurus, a.k.a. T-Rex) (estimated live weight)
The notable Tyrannosaurus specimen housed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, "Sue," is estimated to have weighed about 42,900,000 carats while alive. A renowned predator in popular culture, the teeth of tyrannosaurus rex were up to 33.02 cm (13 in) long.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 55,100,000 carats.
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 55,100,000 carats. The anchor of the QE2 now sits in front of the Holyrood Church in Southampton, England, United Kingdom, along a pedestrian tourist route known as "the QE2 mile."
It's about 150,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sugar
The weight of a Grain of Sugar is about 0.00305 carats.
(a.k.a. white sugar, a.k.a. white refined sugar, a.k.a. table sugar, a.k.a. sucrose, a.k.a. saccharose)
A grain of sugar weighs approximately 0.00305 carats. Sugar consumption varies widely by country; the average citizen of the United States consumes about 298,000 carats of sugar each year.
It's about 300,000 times as heavy as a Poppy Seed
The weight of a Poppy Seed is about 0.0015 carats.
(Papaver somniferum)
Fifty percent oil by weight, a poppy seed weighs approximately 0.0015 carats. The true pigment of a poppy seed is brown in color, while the characteristic bluish color is an optical illusion caused by a layer of calcium oxalate crystals refracting light rays.
It's about one-seven-hundred-fifty-thousandth as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 350,000,000 carats.
(for Endeavour, a.k.a. OV-105, a.k.a. Orbiter Vehicle-105) (empty weight, excluding main engines)
When empty, the space shuttle Endeavour weighs 350,000,000 carats. The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 96,000,000 carats.
It's about 0.0000009 times as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 509,000,000 carats.
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 509,000,000 carats. The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 4.870 carats each.
It's about 0.0000007 times as heavy as The Statue of Liberty (without base)
The weight of The Statue of Liberty (without base) is about 680,000,000 carats.
(a.k.a. Liberty Enlightening the World, a.k.a. La Liberté éclairant le monde) (total weight, including foundation)
The total weight of the Statue of Liberty — the Statue's copper and framework only, excluding the base — is roughly 680,000,000 carats. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about 1,500,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Salt
The weight of a Grain of Salt is about 0.000285 carats.
The mass of a grain of salt is approximately 0.000285 carats. Salt consumption varies widely by country; the people of the United States consume a combined total of about 278,000,000,000 carats of salt each year.
It's about 0.0000006 times as heavy as a House
The weight of a House is about 760,000,000 carats.
(149 sq. m, single-level, unfurnished)
A 149 sq. m (1,600 sq. ft), single-story, unfurnished house (without extensive masonry) of the type commonly found in America would weigh approximately 760,000,000 carats, based on the weight of the included materials. In contrast, a yurt — a type of dwelling structure popular among nomadic peoples of East Asia — typically weighs less than 2,240,000 carats.
It's about 0.0000002 times as heavy as Christ the Redeemer (statue)
The weight of Christ the Redeemer (statue) is about 3,090,000,000 carats.
(a.k.a. O Cristo Redentor, a.k.a. Christo redemptor) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Christ the Redeemer weighs 3,090,000,000 carats. The statue overlooks the city of Rio de Janeiro from atop the 709.9-meter (2,329 ft) granite peak in the Tijuca Forest National Park.
It's about 0.00000007 times as heavy as a Tree (Sierra Redwood)
The weight of a Tree (Sierra Redwood) is about 6,300,000,000 carats.
(a.k.a. Giant Sequoia, a.k.a. Sierran redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia, a.k.a. "Big Tree", Sequoiadendron giganteum)
The weight of wood in a Giant Sequoia is 6,300,000,000 carats. General Sherman, a specimen in Sequoia National Park in Visalia, California, is the largest tree in the world by volume, with an estimated weight of about 9,300,000,000 carats.
It's about 0.000000010 times as heavy as The Eiffel Tower
The weight of The Eiffel Tower is about 49,200,000,000 carats.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (total weight)
The Eiffel Tower weighs approximately 49,200,000,000 carats. Architected to be quickly assembled, the Tower contains only 930 cu. meters of solid material.
It's about 0.000000007 times as heavy as The Brooklyn Bridge
The weight of The Brooklyn Bridge is about 64,910,000,000 carats.
(a.k.a. New York and Brooklyn Bridge) (Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, New York) (total weight)
The total weight of the Brooklyn Bridge is approximately 64,910,000,000 carats. In a promotional event to prove the bridge's stability shortly after it opened, entertainer P. T. Barnum led a parade of 21 elephants across it in May of 1884.