How much does an emperor penguin weigh?
34 kg75 lbWhich one: adult emperor penguin
An emperor penguin weighs about 34 kg (75 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: Animal Diversity Web.
How heavy is that?
- An emperor penguin weighs about as much as 7.6 cats.
- An emperor penguin weighs about as much as 280 bananas.
- An emperor penguin weighs about as much as 34,000 paperclips.
- It takes about 15 emperor penguins to balance a horse.
- It takes about 1,200 emperor penguins to balance a Boeing 737.
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