How heavy is 42 shekels ( שקלים)?
It's about one-six-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a cubic meter of Snow
The weight of a cubic meter of Snow is about 28,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(Freshly fallen, standard conditions; measurements taken in Norway, 1965-68)
One cubic meter of freshly fallen snow under standard conditions weighs an average of 28,000 shekels ( שקלים). Assembled in 2008, the world record largest snowman was constructed of 710,000,000 shekels ( שקלים) of snow and stood 37.21 m (122.1 ft) tall.
It's about one-seven-hundredth as heavy as a Pig
The weight of a Pig is about 30,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(Domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus, a.k.a. S. domesticus) (adult)
Domestic pigs weigh between 30,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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-one-thousandth as heavy as a Horse
The weight of a Horse is about 51,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(Equus ferus caballus) (Arabian, adult)
n Arabian riding horse (or similar breed) weighs between 51,000 shekels ( שקלים). During races, horses must carry jockeys and their equipment, which in the Kentucky Derby, for example, can weigh up to 6,500 shekels ( שקלים).
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Grand Piano
The weight of a Grand Piano is about 54,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(for Steinway & Sons, Model D Concert Grand Piano)
A Grand Piano, of the kind used for concert performances in large music halls, weighs 54,000 shekels ( שקלים). Well-made pianos such as this may last 75 to 100 years.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Polar Bear
The weight of a Polar Bear is about 62,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(Ursus maritimus) (adult, male)
An adult, male polar bear weighs between 62,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Grizzly Bear
The weight of a Grizzly Bear is about 62,600 shekels ( שקלים).
(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 62,600 shekels ( שקלים). In spite of their tremendous size, grizzly bears can run at speeds of up to 55 kph (34 mph).
It's about one-two-thousandth as heavy as a Cow
The weight of a Cow is about 82,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(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 82,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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 2,000 times as heavy as a Raindrop
The weight of a Raindrop is about 0.02 shekels ( שקלים).
(a.k.a. drop, a.k.a. droplet) (average)
The weight of a raindrop depends heavily on the type of weather, but averages about 0.02 shekels ( שקלים). The familiar teardrop shape of a raindrop is actually an optical illusion, caused by the reflection of the light and the motion of the drop.
It's about one-four-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Car
The weight of a Car is about 198,600 shekels ( שקלים).
(for 2009 Ford Taurus) (curb weight)
A 2009 Ford Taurus weighs 198,600 shekels ( שקלים). The first mass-produced car, the Curved Dash Oldsmobile — introduced in 1901 — weighed just 46,410 shekels ( שקלים).
It's about one-five-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Giraffe
The weight of a Giraffe is about 232,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) (adult, male, maximum of range)
An adult, male giraffe can weigh up to 232,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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-six-thousandth as heavy as a Rhinoceros
The weight of a Rhinoceros is about 250,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(for Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis) (Adult, male)
An adult black rhinoceros weighs between 250,000 shekels ( שקלים). Rhinoceros are extremely aggressive — nearly one of every two males will die as a result of fighting with other rhinoceros.
It's about one-seven-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as The Tongue of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale is about 320,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
The tongue of a Blue Whale can weigh up to 320,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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-ten-thousandth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 460,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 450,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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 15,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Rice
The weight of a Grain of Rice is about 0.0025 shekels ( שקלים).
(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 0.0025 shekels ( שקלים) 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-fifteen-thousandth as heavy as an Elephant
The weight of an Elephant is about 730,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 730,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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 480,000 shekels ( שקלים)