How much does an orca weigh?
7,200 kg15,900 lb · 7.2 tonnesWhich one: adult male
An orca weighs about 7,200 kg (15,900 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: animaldiversity.org.
How heavy is that?
- An orca weighs about as much as 5.1 cars.
- An orca weighs about as much as 240 Labradors.
- An orca weighs about as much as 35,000 smartphones.
- It takes about 5.8 orcas to balance a Boeing 737.
- It takes about 1,400 orcas to balance the Eiffel Tower.
About the same weight
More animals
- Rhino 2,300 kg
- Woolly mammoth 5,500 kg
- Elephant 6,000 kg
- T. rex 8,000 kg
- Whale shark 15,000 kg
- Humpback whale 34,000 kg
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