How much does a hedgehog weigh?
800 g28.2 ozWhich one: European hedgehog, summer adult
A hedgehog weighs about 800 g (28.2 oz).
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: Wikipedia: European hedgehog.
How heavy is that?
- A hedgehog weighs about as much as 13 eggs.
- A hedgehog weighs about as much as 800 paperclips.
- A hedgehog weighs about as much as 32,000 grains of rice.
- It takes about 38 hedgehogs to balance a Labrador.
- It takes about 630 hedgehogs to balance a horse.
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