Weigh It Up · Animals
How heavy is Blue whale?
150 tweight
A blue whale weighs about 150 tonnes, the heaviest animal ever.
Enter your height to compare yourself with Blue whale.
- 12.5× the city bus (12 t)
- 25× the african elephant (6 t)
- 115× the family car (1.3 t)
How to picture 150 t
Start from something you can see right now. Blue whale is about 12.5× city bus. That is exactly the estimate the board asks you to draw: pick a reference, decide the ratio, resize the silhouette.
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