Mass of an adult male giraffe

Mass of an adult male giraffe (2,500 kg)

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If Mass of an adult male giraffe (2,500 kg) was a standard unit ...

  • Mass of water in an Olympic Swimming pool at minimum depth of 2m (2.5 million kg)...more would be 1000 x Mass of an adult male giraffe
  • Mass of an M1 Abrams tank (62,000 kg)...more would be 25 x Mass of an adult male giraffe
  • Mass of a London bus (New Routemaster) (12,650 kg)...more would be 5 x Mass of an adult male giraffe
  • Mass of Cessna 172 aircraft (998 kg)...more would be 2/5 of Mass of an adult male giraffe
  • Mass of average human (62 kg)...more would be 1/40 of Mass of an adult male giraffe
  • Mass of heaviest allowable Flyweight professional boxer (50.8 kg)...more would be 1/50 of Mass of an adult male giraffe
  • Mass of a standard Gold Bar (`London Good Delivery`) (12.44 kg)...more would be 1/200 of Mass of an adult male giraffe
  • Mass of a large watermelon (10 kg)...more would be 1/250 of Mass of an adult male giraffe
  • Mass of Double Bass (10 kg)...more would be 1/250 of Mass of an adult male giraffe
  • Mass of Tuba (10 kg)...more would be 1/250 of Mass of an adult male giraffe

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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