How heavy is 51,000 shekels ( שקלים)?
It's about one-fifth 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 eight-and-a-half times as heavy as an Octopus
The weight of an Octopus is about 6,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(for Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus) (Adult, average)
The adult North Pacific Giant Octopus usually weighs around 6,000 shekels ( שקלים). It is the largest octopus species and is known for its considerable intelligence, including the ability to open jars, solve mazes, and mimic other octopuses.
It's about one-tenth 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 nine-and-a-half times as heavy as a Toilet
The weight of a Toilet is about 5,240 shekels ( שקלים).
(KOHLER Round front sitting flush toilet, model #K-11471-0)
The weight of a typical round front sitting flush toilet is 5,240 shekels ( שקלים). The Indian town of Musiri in Tamil Nadu state features the world's only paying toilet, which rewards its users up to 10¢ Indian (10 paisas) per visit and uses the waste for compost and fertilizer.
It's about one-fifteenth 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)
It's about fourteen-and-a-half times as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 3,550 shekels ( שקלים).
(a.k.a. Dalmatinac, a.k.a. Carriage Dog, a.k.a. Spotted Coach Dog, a.k.a. Firehouse Dog) (FCI standard; male)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 3,550 shekels ( שקלים). The association of the breed with fire departments (and similarly with Budweiser Beer and its team of Clydesdales) stems from their affinity for horses, having been used historically as carriage dogs capable of guiding horse-drawn fire engines to the sites of blazes.
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex
The weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 1,060,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(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 1,060,000 shekels ( שקלים) 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-twenty-fifth as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 1,360,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 1,360,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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 thirty times as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 1,495.9588040 shekels ( שקלים).
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 1,495.9588040 shekels ( שקלים). The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 30,060.120240 shekels ( שקלים).
It's about 50 times as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 1,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(a.k.a. "Wiener dog", a.k.a. Teckel, a.k.a. Dackel, a.k.a. "hot dog dog", a.k.a. "sausage dog", a.k.a. "doxie") (FCI standard; standard size)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 1,000 shekels ( שקלים). Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.
It's about 60 times as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 818.1024710 shekels ( שקלים).
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 599.9418120 shekels ( שקלים), the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 818.1024710 shekels ( שקלים). Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 601.2024050 shekels ( שקלים) will float in water.
It's about 80 times as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 600 shekels ( שקלים).
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 600 shekels ( שקלים). Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about 90 times as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 500 shekels ( שקלים).
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 500 shekels ( שקלים). Cats are known for their righting reflex, which allows them to land on their feet and survive falls from heights of 1 m up to about 21 m.
It's about 150 times as heavy as a Brick
The weight of a Brick is about 350 shekels ( שקלים).
(Standard, traditional face brick - 1,900 cu. cm (120 cu. in))
A standard, traditional face brick weighs an average of 350 shekels ( שקלים). The steeple of the Church of St. Martin in Landshut, Germany is said to be the tallest brick tower in the world at a height of 130.6 m (428.5 ft) and was constructed using an estimated 650,000 bricks.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 8,500,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(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 8,500,000 shekels ( שקלים). The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 2,400,000 shekels ( שקלים).