How much does a tarantula weigh?
16 g0.564 ozWhich one: adult Mexican red-knee
A tarantula weighs about 16 g (0.564 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: binderparkzoo.org.
How heavy is that?
- A tarantula weighs about as much as 16 paperclips.
- A tarantula weighs about as much as 640 grains of rice.
- It takes about 11 tarantulas to balance an apple.
- It takes about 1,900 tarantulas to balance a Labrador.
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