How much does a great white shark weigh?
1,200 kg2,650 lb · 1.2 tonnesWhich one: adult female
A great white shark weighs about 1,200 kg (2,650 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: NOAA Tech. Memo NMFS-NE-110 (Kohler, Casey and Turner 1996).
How heavy is that?
- A great white shark weighs about as much as 40 Labradors.
- A great white shark weighs about as much as 270 cats.
- A great white shark weighs about as much as 20,000 eggs.
- It takes about 35 great white sharks to balance a Boeing 737.
- It takes about 130 great white sharks to balance a blue whale.
About the same weight
More animals
- Bison 800 kg
- Clydesdale horse 816 kg
- Giraffe 1,200 kg
- Beluga whale 1,430 kg
- Hippo 1,500 kg
- Rhino 2,300 kg
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