How much does a beluga whale weigh?
1,430 kg3,150 lb · 1.43 tonnesWhich one: NOAA average
A beluga whale weighs about 1,430 kg (3,150 lb).
Animals vary, so Tilt always names a specific, common adult: a worker bee, a house mouse, a Labrador, a bull rather than a calf. The label tells you which one. Source for this figure: fisheries.noaa.gov.
How heavy is that?
- A beluga whale weighs about as much as 23 people.
- A beluga whale weighs about as much as 320 cats.
- A beluga whale weighs about as much as 24,000 eggs.
- It takes about 4.2 beluga whales to balance an elephant.
- It takes about 7,100 beluga whales to balance the Eiffel Tower.
About the same weight
More animals
- Clydesdale horse 816 kg
- Giraffe 1,200 kg
- Great white shark 1,200 kg
- Hippo 1,500 kg
- Rhino 2,300 kg
- Woolly mammoth 5,500 kg
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