How much does a black bear weigh?
113 kg249 lbWhich one: adult male, Smoky Mountains, summer
A black bear weighs about 113 kg (249 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: nps.gov.
How heavy is that?
- A black bear weighs about as much as 25 cats.
- A black bear weighs about as much as 550 smartphones.
- A black bear weighs about as much as 110,000 paperclips.
- It takes about 4.4 black bears to balance a horse.
- It takes about 1,300 black bears to balance a blue whale.
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