How much does a sperm whale weigh?
36,000 kg79,400 lb · 36 tonnesWhich one: adult male average
A sperm whale weighs about 36,000 kg (79,400 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: link.springer.com.
How heavy is that?
- A sperm whale weighs about as much as 6 elephants.
- A sperm whale weighs about as much as 1,200 Labradors.
- A sperm whale weighs about as much as 36,000 liters of water.
- It takes about 4.2 sperm whales to balance a blue whale.
- It takes about 1,500 sperm whales to balance the Titanic.
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