How much does a bottlenose dolphin weigh?
225 kg496 lbWhich one: coastal adult
A bottlenose dolphin weighs about 225 kg (496 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: Sarasota Dolphin Research Program.
How heavy is that?
- A bottlenose dolphin weighs about as much as 3.6 people.
- A bottlenose dolphin weighs about as much as 230 liters of water.
- A bottlenose dolphin weighs about as much as 230,000 paperclips.
- It takes about 6.2 bottlenose dolphins to balance a car.
- It takes about 180 bottlenose dolphins to balance a Boeing 737.
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