How heavy is 1,500 pounds?
It's about as heavy as a Cow
The weight of a Cow is about 1,500 pounds.
(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
1,500 pounds. 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.
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It's about one-and-three-tenths times as heavy as a Grizzly Bear
The weight of a Grizzly Bear is about 1,150 pounds.
(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
1,150 pounds. In spite of their tremendous size, grizzly bears can run at speeds of up to
55 kph (34 mph).
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It's about one-and-one-third times as heavy as a Polar Bear
The weight of a Polar Bear is about 1,140 pounds.
(Ursus maritimus) (adult, male)
An adult, male polar bear weighs between
1,140 pounds. 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.
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It's about one-and-a-half times as heavy as a Grand Piano
The weight of a Grand Piano is about 990 pounds.
(for Steinway & Sons, Model D Concert Grand Piano)
A Grand Piano, of the kind used for concert performances in large music halls, weighs
990 pounds. Well-made pianos such as this may last
75 to 100 years.
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It's about one-and-three-fifths times as heavy as a Horse
The weight of a Horse is about 930 pounds.
(Equus ferus caballus) (Arabian, adult)
n Arabian riding horse (or similar breed) weighs between
930 pounds. During races, horses must carry jockeys and their equipment, which in the Kentucky Derby, for example, can weigh up to
120 pounds.
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It's about two-fifths as heavy as a Car
The weight of a Car is about 3,642 pounds.
(for 2009 Ford Taurus) (curb weight)
A 2009 Ford Taurus weighs
3,642 pounds. The first mass-produced car, the Curved Dash Oldsmobile — introduced in 1901 — weighed just
851 pounds.
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It's about two-and-a-half times as heavy as a Pig
The weight of a Pig is about 550 pounds.
(Domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus, a.k.a. S. domesticus) (adult)
Domestic pigs weigh between
550 pounds. 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.
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It's about one-third as heavy as a Giraffe
The weight of a Giraffe is about 4,250 pounds.
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) (adult, male, maximum of range)
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It's about three times as heavy as a cubic meter of Snow
The weight of a cubic meter of Snow is about 510 pounds.
(Freshly fallen, standard conditions; measurements taken in Norway, 1965-68)
One cubic meter of freshly fallen snow under standard conditions weighs an average of
510 pounds. Assembled in 2008, the world record largest snowman was constructed of
13,000,000 pounds of snow and stood
37.21 m (122.1 ft) tall.
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It's about one-third as heavy as a Rhinoceros
The weight of a Rhinoceros is about 4,600 pounds.
(for Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis) (Adult, male)
An adult black rhinoceros weighs between
4,600 pounds. Rhinoceros are extremely aggressive — nearly one of every two males will die as a result of fighting with other rhinoceros.
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It's about three-and-a-half times as heavy as The Heart of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Heart of a Blue Whale is about 440 pounds.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
(for a 2014 specimen)
The heart of a blue whale weighs about
440 pounds. These hearts pump an estimated
7,100 L (1,875 gal) of blood through the whale's massive body.
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It's about one-fourth as heavy as The Tongue of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale is about 6,000 pounds.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
The tongue of a Blue Whale can weigh up to
6,000 pounds. Despite their tremendous size, blue whales feed almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans called krill and cannot swallow anything much larger than a beach ball.
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It's about four times as heavy as a Reindeer
The weight of a Reindeer is about 365 pounds.
(for Rangifer tarandus granti, adult, bull) (a.k.a. Caribou) ()Rangifer tarandus)
An adult, male reindeer weighs between
365 pounds. Reindeer undertake a lengthy annual migration, with some herds traveling up to
5,000 km.
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It's about four-and-a-half times as heavy as a Panda Bear
The weight of a Panda Bear is about 330 pounds.
(a.k.a. Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca)(Adult, male)
An adult, male Giant Panda weighs up to
330 pounds. Despite having the digestive system of a carnivore, the panda eats only bamboo and must eat up to
14 pounds of it per day to compensate for the limited energy the plant provides.
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APA Style (7th Ed.)
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It's about one-fifth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 8,400 pounds.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from
8,300 pounds. 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).
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