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Is 42,000,000 grains as heavy as a Hamster?

It's about 10,000 times as heavy as a Hamster
The weight of a Hamster is about 3,000 grains.
(for Syrian hamster, a.k.a. golden hamster, a.k.a. Mesocricetus auratus; adult)
An adult Syrian hamster has a typical weight of about 3,000 grains. Known for transporting food in the pouches of their cheeks so that they can bury it later, some hamsters can store up to 400,000 grains of food in their borrows.
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