How much does a herring gull weigh?
971 g34.3 ozWhich one: adult, British average
A herring gull weighs about 971 g (34.3 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: bto.org.
How heavy is that?
- A herring gull weighs about as much as 8.1 bananas.
- A herring gull weighs about as much as 970 paperclips.
- A herring gull weighs about as much as 39,000 grains of rice.
- It takes about 4.6 herring gulls to balance a cat.
- It takes about 1,400 herring gulls to balance a car.
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